Allen, Leslie C, <br/><br/>
A liturgy of grief :  a pastoral commentary on Lamentations /  [print] 
Leslie C. Allen. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Academic,  [(c)2011. 
 - xi, 195 pages ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/> Foreword  First poem (Lamentations 1) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (1) ;   Second poem (Lamentations 2) : grief, guilt, and the need for prayer (2) ;   Third poem (Lamentations 3) : the wounded healer  Fourth poem (Lamentations 4) : grief and guilt prolonged - and to be reversed  5. Fifth poem (Lamentations 5) : the congregation's prayer as a turning point.  Nichols Wolterstorff 
<br/><br/> Allen, an experienced scholar and hospital chaplain, is the first to use the Old Testament book of Lamentations to throw light on grief, and to use contemporary examples and discussions of grief to throw light on Lamentations. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801039607 0801039606 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011016735 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Lamentations--Commentaries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grief--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Pastoral care.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1535.53.L588 2011 BS1535.53.A427.L588 2011