Finding Lost Words
The Church's Right to Lament
The brokenness of this world inevitably invades our lives. But how do you maintain faith when overwhelmed by grief? When prayer goes unanswered? When all you have are questions, not answers? What do you say to God when you know he is in control but the suffering continues unabated? Is there any alternative to remaining speechless in the midst of pain and heartbreak? This book is about finding words to use when life is hard. These words are not new. They are modes of expression that the church has drawn on in times of grief throughout most of its history. Yet, the church in the West has largely abandoned these words--the psalms of lament. The…
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Weitere Autoren: Barker, Kit (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4982-4216-5
- EAN: 9781498242165
- Produktnummer: 30235469
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 310 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'896 KB
Über den Autor
G. Geoffrey Harper is Lecturer in Old Testament at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. He has written several essays and articles on intertextuality in the Old Testament.Kit Barker is Lecturer in Old Testament at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. He is the author of Imprecation as Divine Discourse (2016) and the author of Imprecation as Divine Discourse: Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship and Theological Interpretation (Eisenbrauns).
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