A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations /
Allen, Leslie C.
A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations / Leslie C. Allen. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011. - xi, 195 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.
Foreword / Nichols 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.
9780801039607 (pbk.) 0801039606 (pbk.)
2011016735
Bible.--Lamentations--Commentaries.
Grief--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Pastoral care.
A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations / Leslie C. Allen. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011. - xi, 195 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.
Foreword / Nichols 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.
9780801039607 (pbk.) 0801039606 (pbk.)
2011016735
Bible.--Lamentations--Commentaries.
Grief--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Pastoral care.
