01062cam a22001694a 4500020002500000020002200025041000800047082001700055100002100072245006200093260005100155300001700206505037300223520023200596650004500828650001900873  a9780801039607 (pbk.)  a0801039606 (pbk.)  aENG00a224.307bALL1 aAllen, Leslie C.12aA liturgy of grief :A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations  aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bBaker Academic,cc2011.  axi, 195 p. ;0 aForeword / 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.  aAllen, 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. 0aGrief - Religious Aspects - Christianity 0aPastoral care.