Lament Reclaiming Practices in Pulpit, Pew, and Public Square

In these essays, faculty members at Princeton Theological Seminary attest to the diverse ways in which lament is understood and practiced as they invite its recovery in all elements of the church's ministry. The contributors explore understandings of lament, with some stressing the rhetoric of grief, protest, and hope in biblical lament and others grounding their work in a broader, more public understanding. The essays are grouped under three general topics: reclaiming lament in Christian prayer and proclamation; exploring lament as both a human and divine response to pain and loss; and rediscovering lament as a social practice-a public response to shared grief, the ravages of war, and national crisis. Book jacket.Brown, Sally is the author of 'Lament Reclaiming Practices in Pulpit, Pew, and Public Square', published 2005 under ISBN 9780664227500 and ISBN 0664227503.