Ama Namin: The Lord’s Prayer in Philippine Life and Spirituality

by Timoteo D. Gener; Jason Richard Tan

Publisher:

Langham

, 2023

Overview

The Lord’s Prayer unites Christians throughout history, speaking across the divides of language, place, and tradition. The oldest prayer of the church, it continues to speak to the lived reality of believers around the world, while inviting the body of Christ into a deeper understanding of the nature of God, discipleship, and the calling to holistic mission.

Ama Namin brings together the voices of Filipino evangelical scholars in a profound work of contextual and biblical theology. Each chapter explores a portion of the Lord’s Prayer against the backdrop of Scripture and the foreground of Philippine life and spirituality. Contributors examine the rich history of the Lord’s Prayer in the Philippines–a history dating back to the first printed translation in 1593–as well as its implications for the Philippines’ future, providing the church a foundation for public engagement and social transformation.

Ama Namin provides a valuable teaching resource for the Philippine church and for all those longing to deepen their understanding of prayer, the contextualization of Scripture, and the love of the heavenly Father.

Key Features

• Explores a portion of the Lord’s Prayer against the backdrop of Scripture and the foreground of Philippine life and spirituality
• Brings together the voices of Filipino evangelical scholars in a profound work of contextual and biblical theology
• Provides a valuable teaching resource for the Philippine church

Contents

• Foreword: Bilang Pasakalye... (A Segue)
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part One: Beginning with God: The “Your” Petitions
• Part Two: Where We Need God’s Help the Most: The “Us” Petitions
• About the Contributors
• Bibliography
• Index

Praise for Ama Namin

This book represents an authoritative and delightfully contextual study of the Lord’s Prayer. Firmly based on its Jewish and Old Testament foundations, the prayer opens up onto the new world that Christ came to establish. And praying it with intention and regularity, when informed by this book, will put onesquarely in the center of the movement toward that new creation.

—William Dyrness, PhD

Ama Namin exemplifies the enormous value of careful biblical reflection done as an act of contextualization. This collection of essays demonstrates the richness of this approach pastorally, communally, and academically. Especially as a non-Filipino reader, my grasp of the Lord’s Prayer was greatly enriched and it helped me understand more of how to contextualize my own reading and understanding of Scripture.

—Mark Labberton, PhD

Product Details

• Title: Ama Namin: The Lord’s Prayer in Philippine Life and Spirituality
• Authors: Timoteo D. Gener, Jason Richard Tan
• Publisher: Langham
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 182
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Lord's prayer; Spirituality Philippines
• ISBNs: 9781839732676, 9781839738364, 9781839738388, 1839732679, 1839738367, 1839738383
• Resource ID: LLS:MNMNLRLFSPRTLTY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-30T17:25:12Z