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Finding lost words : the church's right to lament / edited by G. Geoffrey Harper & Kit Barker ; foreword by David G. Firth.

Contributor(s): Harper, G. Geoffrey [editor.] | Barker, Kit (Lecturer in Old Testament) [editor.] | Firth, David G [writer of foreword.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Australian College of Theology monograph series: Publisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxii, 287 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781532617478; 153261747XSubject(s): Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Laments in the BibleBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
G. Geoffrey Harper ; Kit Barker -- Lament psalms in the church : a history of recent neglect / Rachel Ciano -- A song once known : the use of Psalm 77 by Calvin, Henry, Wesley, and Simeon / Ian J. Maddock -- "Consolation for the despairing" : C.H. Spurgeon's endorsement of lament psalms in public worship / Alan J. Thompson -- Lament as divine discourse : God's voice in our cry / Kit Barker -- "Why O Lord?" : lament as a window to the human experience of distress / David J. Cohen -- Lament and the sovereignty of God : theological reflections on psalm 88 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- Finding our words in His : Christology and lament / Kit Barker -- The shape and function of New Testament lament / Donald West -- Man of sorrows, what a name! The place of lament in the New Testament / David K. Burge -- The role of lament in the shape of the psalter / Dan Wu -- Silence of the lambs : a lost cry of lament in Psalm 8 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- Weeping with the afflicted : the self-involving language of the laments / Andrew Sloane -- Baking the bread of tears : a recipe for translating Psalm 80 / Andrew G. Shead -- Preaching lament / Peter J. Davis -- Singing lament / Robert S. Smith -- Praying lament / Malcolm J. Gill -- Lament and pastoral care / Kirk R. Patston -- "A strengthening song for the sad soul" : a sermon on Psalm 13 / Malcolm J. Gill -- "My only friend -- darkness" : a sermon on Psalm 88 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- "How could we sing?" : a sermon on Psalm 137 / Kit Barker -- "You are the God who saves me" : singing Psalm 88 / Nick Freestone ; with reflections from Kit Barker and G. Geoffrey Harper -- If Jesus wept, you can too / Sharon Wood.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : "Weeping may endure for a night" : the need to find lost words / G. Geoffrey Harper ; Kit Barker -- Part I : The history of lament -- Lament psalms in the church : a history of recent neglect / Rachel Ciano -- A song once known : the use of Psalm 77 by Calvin, Henry, Wesley, and Simeon / Ian J. Maddock -- "Consolation for the despairing" : C.H. Spurgeon's endorsement of lament psalms in public worship / Alan J. Thompson -- Part II : The theology of lament -- Lament as divine discourse : God's voice in our cry / Kit Barker -- "Why O Lord?" : lament as a window to the human experience of distress / David J. Cohen -- Lament and the sovereignty of God : theological reflections on psalm 88 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- Finding our words in His : Christology and lament / Kit Barker -- The shape and function of New Testament lament / Donald West -- Man of sorrows, what a name! The place of lament in the New Testament / David K. Burge -- Part III : The exegesis of lament -- The role of lament in the shape of the psalter / Dan Wu -- Silence of the lambs : a lost cry of lament in Psalm 8 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- Weeping with the afflicted : the self-involving language of the laments / Andrew Sloane -- Baking the bread of tears : a recipe for translating Psalm 80 / Andrew G. Shead -- Part IV : The practice of lament -- Preaching lament / Peter J. Davis -- Singing lament / Robert S. Smith -- Praying lament / Malcolm J. Gill -- Lament and pastoral care / Kirk R. Patston -- Part V : The demonstration of lament -- "A strengthening song for the sad soul" : a sermon on Psalm 13 / Malcolm J. Gill -- "My only friend -- darkness" : a sermon on Psalm 88 / G. Geoffrey Harper -- "How could we sing?" : a sermon on Psalm 137 / Kit Barker -- "You are the God who saves me" : singing Psalm 88 / Nick Freestone ; with reflections from Kit Barker and G. Geoffrey Harper -- If Jesus wept, you can too / Sharon Wood.

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