Description
Norman Habel is a Biblical scholar who has specialised in reading the Bible from many different points of view, including literary, ecological and pre-colonial. He has also had a special personal interest in the Wisdom School of thought reflected in books like Job. His experiences as a professor in America, a principal in India and a writer in Australia has led him to interpret life from a unique perspective.
Memoirs of a 95 Year Old Lutheran ‘Heretic’
In his memoirs, Norman Habel recalls experiences from his life on the farm, his pastorate in Brooklyn, his controversial involvement in conferences, his heresy trials, his encounter with life in India, his involvement in the Wisdom School, his journey with Job, his development of de-colonising hermeneutics with First Nations elders and his love of limericks. Pivotal for his memoirs is his awareness of sola gratia as the infinite grace, the ultimate spiritual force that
liberates everything in the universe, including his mind as a Lutheran
