A Role-Taking Theory of Praying the Psalms

Abstract

"Prayer is by no means a new topic of theological concern. Indeed, The Index to Religious Periodical Literature—to mention only one bibliographical source—lists a host of articles on prayer every year since the early 1970s. Several journals have even dedicated entire issues to the subject.1 And while prayer may not be new to the arena of theological concern, the direction from which the issue has been addressed in recent decades is somewhat new. For instance, the field of pastoral theology has devoted attention to prayer,2 and biblical scholars and others have combined the insights of critical Psalms interpretation with interests in prayer and pastoral counseling and ministry"