A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations / Leslie C. Allen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011.Description: xi, 195 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780801039607 (pbk.)
- 0801039606 (pbk.)
- 224.307 23
- BS1535.53 .A45 2011
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224.306 RENK "Misschien is er hoop ..." : de theologische vooronderstellingen van het boek Klaagliederen / | 224.307 Lamentations / | 224.307 Prophetic lament : a call for justice in troubled times / | 224.307 ALLE A liturgy of grief : | 224.307 HELB Klaagliedere : ontnugtering en hoop / | 224.3077 A critical and exegetical commentary on Lamentations | 224.3077 Lamentations through the centuries / |
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.