Reading the Lament Psalms of Sickness during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Reading the Lament Psalms of Sickness during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Author(s): Kelvin G. FriebelSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akadeemiline Teoloogia Selts
Keywords: Lament psalms; coronavirus pandemic; sickness;
Summary/Abstract: As model prayers in the Book of Psalms, the individual Lament Psalms of Sickness (LPS) provide a resource for the church to bring the coronavirus pandemic situation to God in prayer. Four Lament Psalms of Sickness (Pss 6, 38, 88, 102) are examined according to the genre characteristics of prayer and the three constituting components of Complaint, Petition, and Assertions of Confidence. Through an analysis of the specifics of the LPS, the relevance of such poetic prayer language for use by the church in the context of COVID-19 is proposed.
Journal: Usuteaduslik Ajakiri
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2 (82)
- Page Range: 124-153
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English