The Psalms and the Life of Faith
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The Psalms and the Life of Faith
Walter Brueggemann's unique gift of joining
historical-exegetical insights to
penetrating observations about the traumas
and joys of contemporary life—both
personal and social—is here forcefully
displayed. Everyone who is familiar with his
work knows the power of his speech about
"doxological, polemical, political,
subversive, evangelical faith: and about the
ways such faith is enacted in the praise of
ancient Israel and in the church.
Readers of this book will find fresh insight into:
Readers of this book will find fresh insight into:
- the Psalms as prayer and praise
- the categories of the Psalms
- the social context in which psalms were
prayed and sung
- the theology of the Psalms
- the dialogical character of the
Psalms
- justice and injustice in the Psalms
- the study and "use" of the Psalms by the
church
- praise as an act of basic trust and
abandonment
- the impossible wonders of God's activity that overturn conventional ways of thinking and acting
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800627331
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 240
- Publication Date September 1, 1995
Endorsements
"The Psalms, for Walter Brueggemann, are not simply ancient texts or routinized elements of a liturgy. As they come to speech, as they are read, they make claims about reality, indeed shape reality in ways more potent and shocking than we usually realize. Brueggemann's great contribution is to uncover the power of these psalms and to awaken us to what is said and done in singing and praying them."
— Patrick D. Miller, from the Introduction
— Patrick D. Miller, from the Introduction
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
- Psalms and the Life of Faith: A Suggested Typology of Function
- The Psalms as Prayer
- From Hurt to Joy, from Death to Life
- The Formfulness of Grief
- The Costly Loss of Lament
- Praise and the Psalms: A Politics of Glad Abandonment
Part Two: Covenant and Canon as Context
- Prayer as an Act of Daring Dance: Four Biblical Examples
- Covenanting as Human Vocation: The Relation of the Bible and Pastoral Care
- "Impossibility" and Epistemology in the Faith Tradition of Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 18:1-15)
- Bounded by Obedience and Praise: The Psalms as Canon
Part Three: Interpreted Psalms
- Psalms 9-10: A Counter to Conventional Social Reality
- Psalm 37: Conflict of Interpretation
- Psalm 77: The Turn from Self to God
- Psalm 109: Steadfast Love as Social Solidarity
Credits
Scripture Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Psalms as Prayer and Praise