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A liturgy of grief :A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations

By:

Allen, Leslie C

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2011.Description: xi, 195 pISBN:

9780801039607 (pbk.)
0801039606 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

224.307 ALL

Contents:

Foreword / Nichols Wolterstorff -- First poem (Lamentations 1) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (1) -- Second prayer (Lamentations 2) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (2) -- Third poem (Lamentations 3) : the wounded healer -- Fourth poem (Lamentations 4) : grief and guilt -- 5. Fifth poem (Lamentations 5) : the congregation's prayer as a turning point.

Summary: 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 contemproray examples and discussions of grief to throw lights on Lamentations.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Henry Martyn Institute Library General stacks	224.307 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		11003937
Books	Henry Martyn Institute Library General stacks	224.307 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		11003938

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 contemproray examples and discussions of grief to throw lights on Lamentations.

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