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A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations / Leslie C. Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011.Description: xi, 195 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801039607 (pbk.)
  • 0801039606 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 224.307 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1535.53 .A45 2011
Contents:
Foreword / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- First poem (Lamentations 1) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (1) -- Second poem (Lamentations 2) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (2) -- Third poem (Lamentations 3) : the wounded healer -- Fourth poem (Lamentations 4) : grief and guilt prolonged - and to be reversed -- 5. Fifth poem (Lamentations 5) : the congregation's prayer as a turning point.
Summary: Allen, an experienced scholar and hospital chaplain, is the first to use the Old Testament book of Lamentations to throw light on grief, and to use contemporary examples and discussions of grief to throw light on Lamentations.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.

Foreword / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- First poem (Lamentations 1) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (1) -- Second poem (Lamentations 2) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (2) -- Third poem (Lamentations 3) : the wounded healer -- Fourth poem (Lamentations 4) : grief and guilt prolonged - and to be reversed -- 5. Fifth poem (Lamentations 5) : the congregation's prayer as a turning point.

Allen, an experienced scholar and hospital chaplain, is the first to use the Old Testament book of Lamentations to throw light on grief, and to use contemporary examples and discussions of grief to throw light on Lamentations.