Living through pain

Swenson, Kristin M.

Living through pain Psalms and the search for wholeness / [electronic resource] : Kristin M. Swenson. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2005. - xi, 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.

Problems with pain -- The hermeneutics of pain -- Pain and the Psalms, beyond the medicine cabinet -- Psalm 69: on whose account, this pain and its relief? -- Psalm 38: from justified pain to self-justification -- Psalm 88: finally darkness -- Psalm 22: shared treasure from a lonely journey -- Psalm 6: moving pain out of the center (Psalm 6) -- Psalm 102: meanwhile the world goes on.


Available electronically via the Internet.

1932792155 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Pain--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

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