A Light for the Pathway: Exploring the Psalms
May 2021 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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What did the Psalmists of Israel believe? How did they practice their religion? What impact did their faith in God have on the way they handled the struggles and uncertainties of life? How does this speak to us today? This book explores some themes which underlie the faith of the psalmists: for example, covenant, creation, law, justice, humanity, suffering, lament, restoration, and pilgrimage. Holding these together is the overarching theme of God's steadfast love throughout their history. The psalms are prayers and praises, often used in temple worship, some intimate and personal, many corporate and full of thanksgiving. Some are celebrations of the kingly rule of God over all creation. How do we Christians today approach this ancient hymn book, which is full of poetic imagination and deep spirituality? How can it help our own journeys on our pathways of faith and hope? This side of the life and death and resurrection of Jesus, can we hear in the psalms words of comfort for our struggles of faith, as well as joy in our worship, in today's confusing world?
About the author
David Atkinson, former Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is a retired Church of England bishop, and author of several books including Pastoral Ethics (1994), Renewing the Face of the Earth (2008), several volumes in the Bible Speaks Today series, Hope Rediscovered (2018), and The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ (2020). He coedited The New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology (1995).
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