Lament

by Brown, Sally A.

• ISBN13: 9780664227500
• ISBN10: 0664227503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-19
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Lament, so prominent in the Christian canon, is neglected in the public worship and witness of most North American congregations. These essays by Princeton Theological Seminary faculty attest to the diverse ways in which lament is understood and practiced, and invite their recovery in all elements of the church's ministry.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
PART I RECLAIMING LAMENT IN CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND PROCLAMATION	1	(44)
Chapter 1 Recovering Lamentation as a Practice in the Church	3	(12)
Nancy J. Duff
Chapter 2 Heaven's Prisoners: The Lament as Christian Prayer	15	(12)
Patrick D. Miller
Chapter 3 When Lament Shapes the Sermon	27	(11)
Sally A. Brown
Chapter 4 The Shepherd's Song: A Sermon	38	(7)
Nancy Lammers Gross
PART II LOSS AND LAMENT, HUMAN AND DIVINE	45	(64)
Chapter 5 The Persistence of the Wounds	47	(12)
C. Clifton Black
Chapter 6 Rending the Curtain: Lament as an Act of Vulnerable Aggression	59	(11)
Robert C. Dykstra
Chapter 7 Nervous Laughter: Lament, Death Anxiety, and Humor	70	(10)
Donald Capps
Chapter 8 Jesus' Cry, God's Cry, and Ours	80	(15)
William Stacy Johnson
Chapter 9 May We Trust God and (Still) Lament? Can We Lament and (Still) Trust God?	95	(14)
Ellen T. Charry
PART III RECLAIMING THE PUBLIC VOICE OF LAMENT	109	(46)
Chapter 10 When Feeling Like a Motherless Child	111	(10)
Peter J. Paris
Chapter 11 Woes of Captive Women: From Lament to Defiance in Times of War	121	(14)
Luis N. Rivera-Pagan
Chapter 12 4 Ezra's Lament: The Anatomy of Grief	135	(10)
Richard K. Fenn
Chapter 13 Breaking Point: A Sermon	145	(10)
Brian K. Blount
CONCLUSION	155
Chapter 14 Till God Speaks Light: Devotional Reflections on Lamentation with Verse	157
Charles L. Bartow