Lament

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.

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

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