| Summary: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Series -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Psalms of Ascents as Part of the Book of Psalms -- What Are the Psalms? -- What Are the Psalms of Ascents? -- The "Sacramental" Theology of the Psalms of Ascents -- The Literary Journey in the Psalms of Ascents -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. The Search for Hope (Psalms 120-24) -- Psalm 120: Living in Exile -- Psalm 121: The Desire for Divine Help -- Psalm 122: The Divine City of Joy and Peace -- Psalm 123: Complete Dependence on God -- Psalm 124: God, Our Only Hope -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Search for the Center (Psalms 125-29) -- Psalm 125: An Unshakeable Faith -- Psalm 126: Tears, the Seed of Hope -- Psalm 127: God, the Source of Flourishing -- Psalm 128: The Good Life -- Psalm 129: Crushed but Not Destroyed -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Search for Wholeness (Psalms 130-34) -- Psalm 130: Out of the Depths -- Psalm 131: The Still, Small Soul -- Psalm 132: Mutual Devotion -- Psalm 133: Unity Flows Down -- Psalm 134: Benediction -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The Psalms of Ascents as Christian Scripture -- The Psalms of Ascents and the Theology of Pilgrimage -- Jesus as the Archetypal Pilgrim -- The Incarnation and the Recentering of Sacred Space -- The Transformation of Sacred Time -- Liturgy and the Nature of Spiritual Pilgrimage -- Select Bibliography for Further Reading.
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