The Social Audience of Prayer Terry L. Jones including a service dimension to

including a service dimension to ensure that service provision is explicitly incorporated into thinking and practice

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and engage others in the process

The Social Audience of Prayer Terry L. Jones including a service dimension toLament psalms are often imagined as private cries to God. Yet many laments are also directed outward toward friends, foes, and entire communities. The Social Audience of Prayer reveals how the psalmist's words reach beyond the divine to demand recognition, solidarity, and change from a human audience as well. W. Derek Suderman offers the first sustained study of the social audience in lament psalms, showing how laments consistently engage both God and