Spiritual Complaint (Paperback)

Tim Bulkeley

ISBN 10: 0227174348 / ISBN 13: 9780227174340

Published by James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge, 2014

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Paperback. Every life, and every land and people, has reasons for lament and complaint. This collection of essays explores the biblical foundations and the contemporary resonances of lament literature.This new work presents a variety of responses to tragedy and a world out of joint are explored. These responses arise from Scripture, from within the liturgy of the church, and from beyond the church; in contemporary life (the racially conflicted land of Aotearoa- New Zealand, secular music concerts and cyber-space). The book thus reflects upon theological and pastoral handling of such experience, as it bridges these different worlds. It brings together in conversation specialists from different fields of academy and church to provide a resource for integrating faith and scholarship in dark places. A selection of essays exploring the biblical tradition of lament in the face of tragedy, and its role in the life of the modern Church. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spiritual Complaint (Paperback)
• Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0227174348
• ISBN 13: 9780227174340
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Every life, and every land and people, has reasons for lament and complaint. This collection of essays explores the biblical foundations and the contemporary resonances of lament literature.
This new work presents a variety of responses to tragedy and a world out of joint are explored. These responses arise from Scripture, from within the liturgy of the church, and from beyond the church; in contemporary life (the racially conflicted land of Aotearoa- New Zealand, secular music concerts and cyber-space). The book thus reflects upon theological and pastoral handling of such experience, as it bridges these different worlds. It brings together in conversation specialists from different fields of academy and church to provide a resource for integrating faith and scholarship in dark places.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 A Lament for Christchurch -Colin Buchanan

PART ONE: Foundations
2 Does Jeremiah Confess, Lament, or Complain? Three Attitudes Towards Wrong -Tim Bulkeley
3 The Unique Contribution of Lamentations 4 in the Book of Lamentations: Metaphor and the Transition from Individual to Communal -Miriam J. Bier
4 Lament Personified: Job in the Bedeutungsnetz of Psalm 22 -Will Kynes
5 The Enemy Lament: A Socio-Cognitive Approach to the Metaphors of Job 16:7-14 -Carlos Patrick Jimenez
6 Blurring the Boundaries: The Rhetoric of Lament and Penitence in Isaiah 63:7-64:11 -Elizabeth Boase
7 The Profit and Loss of Lament: Rethinking Aspects of the Relationship Between Lament and Penitential Prayer -Donald P. Moffat
8 The Doubtful Gain of Penitence: The Fine Line between Lament and Penitential Prayer -Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

PART TWO: Reflections
9 Wrestling with Lamentations in Christian Worship -Robin Parry
10 Liturgy and Lament -Colin Buchanan

PART THREE: Explorations
11 Learning to Lament in Aotearoa -Alistair McKenzie
12 Framing Lament: Providing a Context for the Expression oF Pain -Jeanette Mathews
13 Public Lament -Elizabeth Boase and Steve Taylor
14 Lament in an Age of New Media -Stephen Garner

PART FOUR: Refraction
15 In Search of the Shulamith in the State of Israel: A Lament -Yael Klangwisan

Bibliography

About the Author

Miriam J. Bier, Lecturer in Old Testament, London School of Theology, London, U.K.

Tim Bulkeley, Freelance Biblical Scholar teaching as Visitor at Laidlaw Graduate School, Auckland, New Zealand; and Colombo Theological Seminary, Colombo, Sri Lanka.