Named One of the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2020 bySpirituality & PracticeWhat is materiality?Jesus practiced materiality when he healed the bodies of the sick, proclaimed Jubilee to the poor, and fed the five thousand. He practiced materiality over materialism. InMateriality as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann definesmaterialityas theuseof the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed tomaterialism, which places possessions and physical comfortoverspiritual values. In this concise volume, Brueggemann lays out how we as Christians may reengage our materiality for the common good. How does materiality inform our faith when it comes to food, money, the body, time, and place? How does it force us to act? Likewise, how is the church obligated to use its time, money, abundance of food, the care and use of our bodies, observance of Sabbath, and stewardship of our world and those with whom we share it? With a foreword from Jim Wallis,Materiality as Resistanceserves as a manifesto of Walter Brueggemann's most important work and as an engaging call to action. It is suited for group or individual study.