Fortune's Bones

Fortune's Bones
Author: Marilyn Nelson
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1629795887

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Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award For young readers comes a poetic commemoration of the life of an 18th-century slave, from a past poet laureate and three-time National Book Award finalist For over 200 years, the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut has housed a mysterious skeleton. In 1996, community members decided to find out what they could about it. Historians discovered that the bones were those of an enslaved man named Fortune, who was owned by a local doctor. After Fortune’s death, the doctor rendered the bones. Further research revealed that Fortune had married, had fathered four children, and had been baptized later in life. His bones suggest that after a life of arduous labor, he died in 1798 at about the age of 60. The Manumission Requiem is Marilyn Nelson’s poetic commemoration of Fortune’s life. Detailed notes and archival photographs enhance the reader’s appreciation of the poem.

Lament

Lament
Author: Sally Ann Brown
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664227500

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Lament, so prominent in the Christian canon, is neglected in the public worship and witness of most North American congregations. These essays by Princeton Theological Seminary faculty attest to the diverse ways in which lament is understood and practiced, and invite their recovery in all elements of the church's ministry.

The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
Author: Margaret Alexiou
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002
Genre: Funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN: 9780742507579

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The only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis.

The Album

The Album
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 478
Release: 1823
Genre: England
ISBN:

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Fortune's Lament

Fortune's Lament
Author: John D. Cressler
Publisher: Milford House Press
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781620063729

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Fortune's Lament is the third release in the Anthems of al-Andalus series, which break open this largely forgotten and fascinating history for modern readers.

Treasury of Thought

Treasury of Thought
Author: Maturin Murray Ballou
Publisher:
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1884
Genre: Quotations, English
ISBN:

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Lament-Driven Preaching

Lament-Driven Preaching
Author: Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2024-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666774316

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This book challenges Christian communities to engage in lament—a mode of existence characterized by impassioned expression, witnessing, and personal or social protest in the face of evil and injustice, reflecting a profound yearning for God’s saving presence. Divine lament responds to, and expresses solidarity with, human suffering, unveiling multiple facets of God’s image and demonstrating a profound sense of divine compassion. Drawing on the Book of Lamentations, Korean concepts related to suffering (han and hanpuri), the Paschal Triduum narratives, and recent homiletic discourses on suffering, the author investigates how complex issues related to grief and hope can be addressed in preaching without diminishing the harsh reality of affliction. Designed to assist preachers, this book encourages a more intentional approach to addressing suffering, specifically by advocating for lament as a transitional space between affliction and hope. Furthermore, readers are invited to contemplate the significance of the church, which, within a world in decline, embodies the body of Christ, manifesting both the demise and resurrection of God.

Mythology and Lament

Mythology and Lament
Author: John B. Geyer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351916033

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The oracles about the nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel originate in the ancient Laments. Ultimately, they were preserved because of their relevance to the Year of Jubilee, with its origins in the New Year Festival; this study illuminates their intention. In Mythology and Lament, John Geyer shows the oracles belong to the sphere of worship, making a theological (mythological) statement, not a political one. Relating to current debates about the historicity of the Hebrew Bible, Geyer also provides a theological context to questions of conflict of nations and environmental debates.