TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Leslie C.
TI  - A liturgy of grief :A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations
SN  - 9780801039607 (pbk.)
U1  - 224.307 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Grief - Religious Aspects - Christianity
KW  - Pastoral care
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -