Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil
Series Introduction
The Resonate Editorial Team
Introduction: A Call to Lament
Lamentations 1
1. The Reality of Suffering:The Historical Context of
Lamentations
2. The Funeral Dirge: The Genre of Lament
3. Silenced Voices of Shame: Lamentations 1:1-22
Lamentations 2
4. God Is Faithful: Lamentations 2:1-8
5. Lament Over a City: Lamentations 2:1-9
6. Privilege and Exceptionalism: Lamentations 2:6-9
7.All of the Voices Are Heard: Lamentations 2:10-22
Lamentations 3
8. A Structure for Lament: The Use of the Acrostic in
Lamentations
9. All of It Is Personal: Lamentations 3
10. A Glimmer of Hope: Lamentations 3:21-60
Lamentations 4
11. Persisting in Lament: A Recapitulation of Lamentations
12. A Broken World: Lamentations 4:3-16
Lamentations 5
13. A Lament for Themselves: Lamentations 5
14. Ending in a Minor Key
Conclusion
Epilogue: Ferguson
Acknowledgments
Notes
Soong-Chan Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. His books include The Next Evangelicalism and Many Colors.
Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is a dynamic speaker, author and trailblazer with over twenty-five years of experience in the ministry of racial, ethnic and gender reconciliation. She was featured as one of the fifty most influential women to watch by Christianity Today in 2012 and is an associate professor of reconciliation studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, where she also directs the Reconciliation Studies program. Salter McNeil was previously the president and founder of Salter McNeil Associates, a reconciliation organization that provided speaking, training and consulting to colleges, churches and faith-based organizations. She also served on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for fourteen years as a Multiethnic Ministries Specialist. She earned a MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary, a DMin from Palmer Theological Seminary and was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from North Park University. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church and is on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle. In addition, she serves on the board of directors for Wycliffe USA and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA. She is also the coauthor of The Heart of Racial Justice and the author of A Credible Witness. Brenda lives in Seattle with her husband Dr. J. Derek McNeil and their two children.
"Prophetic Lament is a commentary on the Old Testament book of
Lamentations. Rather than reading as a typical commentary with foci
on individual verses, original languages, and such, the book reads
as an extended essay that swerves consciously between the
experience of Israel's exile and reflections on contemporary
events, particularly issues of justice that have often escaped
white churches. . . . "Lamentations is a book that can and should
speak into our current circumstances and, in Prophetic Lament, Rah
has given us an accessible introduction for our troubled
times."
*David Swanson, Signs of Life, December 19, 2015*
"This timely book is indeed prophetic in its call for us to live as
the faithful and repentant people of God in our violent age."
*C. Christopher Smith, Relevant, December 18, 2015*
"In his superb new book, Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in
Troubled Times, Soong-Chan Rah uses a series of reflections on the
Old Testament book of Lamentations to explore our discomfort with
lament and to call us to recover this historic practice of our
faith."
*C. Christopher Smith, Englewood Review of Books, Fall 2015*
"Rah combines biblical exposition with cultural critique. . . . He
applies the message of Lamentations to the complex contemporary
issues of urban ministry, justice, and racial reconciliation.
Prophetic Lament will complement other commentaries and enrich the
reader's understanding and application of this short but powerful
book of the Bible."
*Daniel Johnson, CBA Retailers + Resources, October 2015*
"You wouldn't expect a journey through the book of Lamentations to
be particularly relevant to life in the 21st century. And yet that
is what Soong-Chan Rah accomplishes. Lament, Rah emphasizes, is an
essential part of the deeper engagement God desires for humanity
and creation."
*Relevant Magazine, September/October 2015*
"Soong-Chan Rah ranks among the top American scholars who
perceptively understand the contemporary Western church, speak
prophetically into it, offer hope, and do not hesitate to prove the
theological implications of scripture. I count his Prophetic
Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times as one of the most
personally, and unexpectedly, impactful that I have read. It is
currently shaping me in uncomfortable yet necessary ways."
*David M. Johnstone, Christian Scholar's Review, XLVI: 2, Winter
2017*
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