Parallels between depression and lament

This article compares the experiences portrayed by the psalmists in Psalm 31 and Psalm 102, both psalms of lament, with the current concept of major depression. It concludes by exploring how the insights of the psalms may be applied in pastoral care directed toward those who suffer from depression.     

Race and the gift of lament

A close look at historical narratives can help us understand how intractable racial injustice is, both in society and in the church. Progress toward racial equity requires us to recognize ourselves as actors in history, and also as those influenced by and acted upon by the forces of history. In addition, lament can help us move toward the theological work of repentance. This article is adapted from The Gift of Lament: Moving from Diversity to Racial Equity in the ELCA, 2018 MDiv Thesis, Wartburg Theological Seminary. Portions of this article were also presented at the June 2019 Convocation of Teaching Theologians.     

The psalms of lament and the transformation of sorrow

This article explores how the psalms of lament can be used as a resource for pastoral care, and how ultimately they point toward the transformation of sorrow. Relying on Walter Brueggemann's scheme of orientation--disorientation--new orientation as a way to recognize the depth of human experience, the article sees the laments as honest engagement and dialogue with God within a covenantal relationship where hurt and pain are acknowledged rather than denied and avoided. The implications of using the psalms of lament in pastoral care and in Clinical Pastoral Education are discussed.     

Lou Reich,Hume's Religious Naturalism

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion -     

妙正真人娄近垣的生平著作及思想

清朝道士娄近垣,被雍正帝表以“秉性忠实,居心诚敬”,乾隆帝封其为通议大夫,赐三品,备员两朝,屡荷恩赐。称娄近垣为“清代正一道士之冠”当不为过。娄近垣以其丰富、深刻的人格魅力,逐渐成为后世千百万学道者的楷模。一、主要生平真人姓娄,名近垣,字朗斋,法号三臣,又号上清外史     

风雨楼观台

~~(上接58页)生生变化的辩证观念,无疑都是中国古代无以伦比的思想和哲学成就。老子又是古代卓越的养生专家,“善于修道而养寿,以养寿使道学精深”。老子哲学是恢宏的生命哲学,其人生实践的突出特征是注重炼养生命的深度和厚度,延伸拓展生命的长度与广度。他的“道法自然”、“无为而治”、“治大国若烹小鲜”等学说历经苍桑,毁誉参半,穿越时空,延续至今。其大智慧跨越历史隧道对当代社会仍有重要意义。老子虽死犹荣。坐像神清气朗,庄严慈祥,高1.83米,尹喜、徐甲侍立两边。死后虽被贵族上流社会和官方忽视,但仍有秦失弟子,乡邻吊唁。《庄子…     

支娄迦谶是汉地最初传译大乘经典的著名译师

支娄迦谶是汉地最早传译大乘经典的一代译师,也是汉地最先传译大乘般若性空思想的著名高僧,还是汉地传译文殊般若信仰的先驱。     

Five points and a lament about Range and Cotton's "Reports of assent and permission in research with children: illustrations and suggestions

This comment responds to an article by Range and Cotton (1995) on reporting of parental permission and child assent procedures in published articles for 4 psychology journals. Issue is taken with the assumptions, methodology, interpretations, and implications of listing researchers in the Range and Cotton article. There is no evidence researchers failed in their ethical obligations or that children were put at risk. Reporting permission/assent in publications is not an ethical requirement. Listing researchers as "failing" to do something not part of an ethical code is lamentable. Too many unfortunate implications and problems can be derived from Range and Cotton's analysis and conclusions.     

Post-Second World War praise poetry,lament and a Utopian treatise in Morocco: historical literature on the theme of the Second World War

This paper reviews ten historical-literary Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew works written late in the Second World War in Morocco: eight works I refer to as praise poems, by Moroccan Jews; one work I refer to as lament, written by a Jewish European refugee who found a safe wartime haven in Morocco, and another work, which I refer to as a utopian treatise, by a local Jewish man. All ten works were inspired by the war and recount its course in Europe, Asia and North Africa, while some also engage with the Holocaust. The comparison drawn here between the works – praise poetry, lament and utopian treatise – allows us to examine the authors’ various outlooks on the war, informed by their personal, familial or communal experience. These outlooks assume an actual form in the literary patterns of the authors’ works, as well as in the narratives, contents and ideas selected to feature in them. The reception varied among the Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew speaking community, in which a Jewish religious and modern national presence was predominant. Therefore, contents that had a universal concern were pushed to the margins of the local discourse.     

Born from lament: The theology and politics of hope in Africa. Emmanuel Katongole. Grand Rapids,MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2017. 294 pp.

It is acknowledged and well documented that Christianity is rapidly changing from being the religion of Europe and North America to a religion of South America, Africa, and Asia. Of the three regions, Africa is experiencing the fastest Christian growth. This paper examines one of the many Christian denominations and movements that are participating in that growth in Africa, namely Lutheranism. Reasons behind the steady expansion, challenges faced, and the implications of the rise of Lutheranism in Africa will be highlighted.