Product Overview
The Lord’s Prayer unites Christians of all traditions. It is the first
and perhaps only prayer that people learn by heart. However, its
patriarchal and kingdom imagery do not resonate universally today. How
do we pray the prayer Jesus taught us in ways which are authentic and
life-giving?
This
volume, emerging from years of praying the Lord’s Prayer, offers a
series of prayers and poems written in response to it. They wrestle with
its central images and bring our own stories and relationships into
dialogue with it. Each prayer uses the address Abba or Amma: Aramaic
terms of intimate address to God as father or mother which reflect
Jesus’ usage, drawing on the abbas and ammas of the Desert Tradition as
well as our own parental relationships. It aims to integrate our whole
human journey into the vocation of being a follower of Jesus.
An
extended introduction explores why praying the Lord’s Prayer is
significant, how it is problematic, and how contemporary theological
reinterpretations offer fresh perspective on it.
Nicola Slee is Professor and Director of Research at the Queen’s
Foundation, Birmingham and Professor of Feminist Practical Research at
the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. She is engaged in many church and
theology networks and is in demand a speaker and retreat leader.