Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation

Name: Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation
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ISBN: 9780800663018

By: Nancy C. Lee

Augsburg Fortress / 2009 / Paperback

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* Discover the rhythms and lyrics of an ancient vocal art form. Surveying the forms of lament in ancient Israel and why its popularity diminished in early Christianity, Lee explores its employment in the contemporary world; its use in situations of distress, injustice, and despair; and offers strategies for recovering the practice in congregational life today. 256 pages, softcover from Fortress.

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Title: Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation
By: Nancy C. Lee
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 2009

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 15 ounces
ISBN: 0800663012
ISBN-13: 9780800663018
Stock No: WW663018

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In a world torn by division, violence, and deprivation, there are to be found largely forgotten laments, by singers, poets, and musicians across cultural and religious traditions, composers who have helped process suffering, justice, and healing. This volume surveys historic and contemporary examples and practices of lament from around the world, from the Abrahamic faiths, scriptures (Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Qur'an), liturgies, and from popular music.

Offering hope for humanity, constructive lament singers creatively tap into the Transcendent, voice commonly held values, and empower individuals, communities, nations, and the world to move to a higher plain, to places of justice, reconciliation, unity, joy, and peace.

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Nancy C. Lee, Ph.D., teaches at Elmhurst College where she is Professor of Religious Studies/Hebrew Bible; she was Founding Director of the Niebuhr Center and its 'Callings for the Common Good' program. Listed in Who's Who in America, Lee is the author of articles, poetry, and books, including The Singers of Lamentations: Cities under Siege, from Ur to Jerusalem to Sarajevo . . . (Brill, 2002), based on a Fulbright research fellowship comparing biblical Lamentations and laments from the suffering of 1990s wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Founding co-chair of the Lament in Sacred Texts & Cultures group of the Society of Biblical Literature, she co-edited the international scholarly volume, Lamentations in Ancient & Contemporary Contexts (SBL, 2008).