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The Ethics of the Psalms

Sunday, November 18, 2012
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The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (Proper 29)


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10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

What is the ethical content of the Psalms, and how is their instruction conveyed? These are the questions behind the new Sunday class, “The Ethics of the Psalms,” which begins September 16. Visitors welcome any Sunday at 10 a.m. on the 5th floor.

Today’s topic: Father Austin turns to the narrative psalms‚Äîthe ones that tell stories of Israel’s history, in Egypt, in the Exodus, in the wilderness, entering the promised land, and so forth. What is the ethical teaching of the narrative psalms? This is a way, also, to think about ‚Äúnarrative ethics‚Äù in general, its strengths and weaknesses for our moral life.