Spiritual Complaint
The Theology and Practice of Lament
Personal and communal tragedies provoke intense emotions. In Scripture such emotions were given expression in complaints or laments. Such laments are the most frequent genre of psalm and are also found in the prophets and elsewhere in the Bible. The book of Lamentations is even named for this human response to tragedy. Yet neither lament nor complaint seems to be widely practiced in churches today, except at times of extreme communal catastrophe. Bringing together biblical scholars, liturgists, and practical theologians, this book begins to provide bridges between these worlds in order to enrich our ability to respond appropriately to persona…
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Weitere Autoren: Bulkeley, Tim (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4982-7112-7
- EAN: 9781498271127
- Produktnummer: 30239628
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'158 KB
Über den Autor
Miriam Bier teaches Old Testament at the London School of Theology. Tim Bulkeley has taught Old Testament at the Universite protestante du Congo, the University of Auckland, and at Carey Baptist College.
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