Psalms and Practice Worship, Virtue, and Authority

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I: Psalms and Practice Introduction 3 1 Psalm, Bhajan, and Kirtan:Songs of the Soul in Comparative Perspective 7 Terry Muck 2 The Psalms as a Place to Begin for Old Testament Theology 28 W. H. Bellinger, Jr. 3 Power and Practice: Performative Speech and Piety in Psalm 132 40 Stephen Breck Reid Discussion-Psalms and Practice 52 Part II: Psalms and Practice: Contemplation and Worship Introduction 59 4 Praying with Psalms: A School of Prayer 62 John C. Endres, S.J. 5 The Sacramental Function of the Psalms in Contemporary Scholarship and Liturgical Practice 78 Harry P. Nasuti 6 Burning Our Lamps with Borrowed Oil: The Liturgical Use of the Psalms and the Life of Faith 90 Rolf Jacobson 7 My Tongue Will Sing Aloud of Your Deliverance: Praise and Sacrifice in the Psalms 99 Kathryn L Roberts 8 Thus Says the LORD: "Thou Shalt Preach on the Psalms!" Ill J. Clinton McCann, Jr. 9 The Psalms in Worship and Preaching: A Report 123 James C. Howell 10 How Long, O Lord! Will Your People Suffer in Silence Forever? 143 Beth LaNeel Tanner Discussion-Psalms and Practice: Contemplation and Worship 153 Part III: Psalms and Practice: Virtue and Authority Introduction 161 11 The Virtues of the Righteous in Psalm 37: An Exercise in Translation 164 Michael Jinkins 12 All God, and Us: Double Agency and Reconciliation in Psalms 22 and 51 202 Cynthia L. Rigby 13 The Cursing Psalms as a Source of Blessing 220 Larry Silva 14 Songs for the City: Interpreting Biblical Psalms in an Urban Context 231 Gerald H. Wilson 15 Taking Inspiration: Authorship, Revelation, and the Book of Psalms 244 Mark S. Smith Discussion-Psalms and Practice: Virtue and Authority 274