A liturgy of grief : a pastoral commentary on Lamentations / Leslie C. Allen.
Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011.Description: xi, 195 p. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801039607 (pbk.)
- 0801039606 (pbk.)
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BSOP Library | Reference | BS1535.53 Al5 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00057701 |
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.
