Quotes by Walter Brueggemann, An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture

“Grief is an element of aliveness and the answer to the denial the market demands of us. It is an index of our humanity. It is proof of the presence of our relatedness to each other. It is a communa...”

“Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?”

“If we construct an economy where quantities are controlled, based on the belief there is never enough for all, then we must compete to determine the winners. We begin this with grades in the first ...”