In the House of the Lord: Inhabiting the Psalms of LamentLiturgical Press, 1998 - 142 sayfa The world of the psalmist is ever alert to the Lord's reign. Even the unspeakable, the sorrow of oppression, the terror at the unknown, the anguish of the unjustly wronged - all these voices of lament are transformed into voices of praise. In In the House of the Lord, Michal Jinkins poses the question What would it mean for us to inhabit the world of the psalmist?" and in so doing draws us into a world that has long awaited our arrival. Focusing primarily on the psalms of lament, Jinkins shows what it would mean for us to learn to inhabit the world of the psalms: to enter a world where we recognize the reign of the Lord, to practice the habitation of God as a living discipline, and to discern the sacred quality of all life. He examines why the psalms are neglected in the hymns and liturgies of many churches and offers an introduction to the scope of the psalms. By providing a pastoral and liturgical reflection on the psalms, Jinkins shows in practical terms how individuals and communities can "inhabit" the psalms to make them a genuine framework for their faith life. The psalms invite us to enter into that world which shaped the theology and self-understanding of the people of Israel for centuries. In the House of the Lord offers a previously unimagined source for congregational leadership, pastoral care and counseling, spiritual renewal, and worship. Chapters are "Inhabiting the World of the Psalms," "The Church as a Community of Lament," "Locating Ourselves in the Psalms of Lament," and "The Psalms of Lament in the Life of the Church." Includes the perspectives of Thomas Merton, Augustine of Hippo, Walter Brueggemann, Annie Dillard, and Abraham Herschel. The texts of the psalms are included. Michal Jinkins, DMin, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of Supervised Practice of Ministry at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas. " |
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... become absorbed into or subsumed under their own world view to the extent that the strangeness , the otherness , the transcendence of the psalmist's world is lost in an eagerness for easy piety.2 This question may , therefore , appear ...
... becoming , being , and acting as a sovereign . The sentence is " Yhwh malak , " " the Lord reigns . " Whatever else is said in the psalms about God and God's way with world and human beings is rooted in the meaning and truth of this ...
... become fluently bilingual : not simply able to speak in " languages " like English and Spanish , Hebrew and Greek , but possess- ing the ability to move around in the language modes and thought patterns of the Bible and of our own ...
... becomes for them the world- defining metaphor for their lives . Learning to inhabit the psalms means , then , that we attempt to join the communi- ties of faith which created and preserved and through un- told centuries prayed the ...
... become specifically the prayerbook of Christian communities . " Through the Psalter , Christ's followers are enabled at times even to pray against the whims of their own hearts . " 23 As A. F. Kirk- patrick argues , " [ I ] f a history ...
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The Church as a Community of Lament | 32 |
Locating Ourselves in the Psalms of Lament | 75 |
Notes | 121 |
Bibliography | 136 |