Words to God, word from God
Subtitle: the Psalms in the prayer and preaching of the church
By: Howard Neil Wallace.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-190) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The dual role of the Psalms in the church; title: Introduction; title: The Psalms in Israel; title: The Psalms in the New Testament; title: The Psalms in the history of the church; title: Not just a Christian issue; title: Psalms as words to God and word from God; title: Part II: The Psalms as words to God; title: The Psalms as prayers; title: The world of prayer in the Psalms; title: A world of conversations; title: A World Embracing Every Experience; title: A world with its own langauge; title: A world in which we are not alone; title: An evolving conversation; title: Being moulded in character; title: Words of prayer with authority; title: Praying in Christ; title: Part IV: What individual Psalms say about prayer; title: Psalms 13 and 90 - praying laments; title: Psalm 113 and 65 - praising God; title: Psalm 107 - giving thanks; title: Psalms 121 and 27 - trusting God; title: Psalm 51 - confessing sin; title: Invited to pray; title: The way we might pray using the Psalms; title: The order of the Psalms in prayer; title: The Psalms in prayer with and for others; title: Speaking to God through the Psalms in the liturgy; title: Part III: The Psalms as word from God; title: The Psalms in preaching and liturgy; title: Listening to the Psalms in the church; title: The Psalms in the lectionaries; title: Issues in preaching the Psalms; title: The practice of preaching the psalms; title: Hearing God through the Psalms in the Liturgy; title: Preaching from individual Psalms; title: Psalm 8, creator, creation and humankind; title: Psalm 73, God and injustice in the world; title: Psalm 89, waiting for God's faithfulness; title: Psalm 126, coming home in joy; title: Psalm 139, God knowing us.