Ama Namin

Description

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.

Sujets

• Biblical Interpretation
• Biblical Criticism
• Philosophie et théologie
• New Testament
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Langham Creative Projects
• Date de parution: 31 mars 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839738364
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Just when we think we have understood the prayer that Jesus taught us, along comes a book that unveils the wealth of wisdom that makes the “Our Father” a perennial path to holistic spirituality. The authors and editors of this book have wisely chosen to work on the 1593 Tagalog version of the Lord’s Prayer. Combining intimate exegesis, prophetic hermeneutics, and even linguistics and statistics, they surprise us with new insights, not just on such staple concepts as kapwa and loob but also kanin , uwi , tukso, and walang bahala . The book Ama Namin: The Lord’s Prayer in Philippine Life and Spirituality is rightly dedicated to the “evangelical stalwarts and advocates of holistic mission,” John R. W. Stott, Isabelo Magalit, and Melba Padilla Maggay. It also pays tribute to the early missionaries who, despite the odds, submitted their loob so that “ Mauwi sa Amin ang Pagkaharì Mo. ”
Albert E. Alejo SJ
Lecturer,
Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Italy
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 one squarely in the center of the movement toward that new creation.
William Dyrness, PhD
Senior Professor of Theology and Culture,
Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA
Adjunct Professor,
Asian Theological Seminary, Philippines
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
President,
Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA
Meaning and appreciation are sometimes lost when we become too familiar with something, even with prayer. Ama Namin gives us a fresh look at a prayer that most of us grew up memorizing and reciting. This is the fruit of collaborative work among seasoned Bible scholars and theologians who have brought to the fore the beauty and richness of a well known and well loved prayer. The book is scholarly yet it is also a good companion for personal reflection and group study. This is a must-read for those who desire to deepen their prayer lives and relationship with God. Through its pages, one is reminded that God is constantly inviting us to be in communion with him, to experience him as our powerful yet loving, caring, and faithful Father in heaven.
Maloi Malibiran-Salumbides
Founder and Prayer Leader,
Lord Heal Our Land Prayer Ministry
Ama Namin brings together some of the brightest Filipino minds in Christian theology to reflect on the prayer first spoken by Christ that has since been echoed by his followers throughout generations. The result is an obra that is not only biblically and theologically robust, but also socioculturally significant. This important work is sure to resonate with Filipino believers who are seeking to faithfully follow and model Christ here and now. Ama Namin , more than being a collection of excellent reflections, is in itself a prayer in our unique Filipino voice: a firm and resolute confession of who our God the Father is and a hopeful vision of who we are as his people.
Marie Joy Pring, PhD
Adjunct Faculty,
Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Philippines
William Carey International University, California, USA
I grew up reciting the Lord’s Prayer or “ Ama Namin ” as an altar boy in our hometown. It was a religious incantation whose meaning was understandable but not what my heart wanted to say to God. In high school, when I became part of an evangelical church, I was more attracted to free-flowing conversation with God as a prayer punctuated by “In Jesus’s name, Amen!” I thought I could say what my heart really wanted to tell God. Because of that, I began to ask, “What does God want of me?” The Lord’s Prayer became a guide to understand what God wants of me and what I can tell God about my life. This book has added so much wisdom to what I already understood. I recommend it to pastors of the Philippine evangelical churches to teach the disciples of Jesus Christ what God wants his disciples to be praying to become part of the reality of our daily lives here on earth.
Bishop Cesar Vicente P. Punzalan III, PhD
Chairman of the Board,
Asian Theological Seminary, Philippines

Ama Namin
The Lord’s Prayer in Philippine Life and Spirituality
Edited by
Timoteo D. Gener
Jason Richard Tan

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Affectionately dedicated to
John R. W. Stott (1921–2011)
Isabelo “Manong Bel” Magalit (1940–2018)
&
Melba Padilla Maggay (1950–)
Evangelical stalwarts and advocates of holistic mission in theological education for the Philippine church.
Contents

Cover


Foreword Bilang Pasakalye . . . (A Segue)


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction


The Lord’s Prayer / Ama Namin in Christian History


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


Biblical and Theological Awareness


Chapter Summaries


How to Use This Book


Part One


1 The Character of the God to Whom Jesus Prayed


Introduction


“ Ama ” (Father): What the Gospels Tell Us


“ Namin ” (Our): Inclusive and Communal Father


“ Nasa Langit ” (In Heaven): Intimate and Connected Father


Conclusion: The Father Who Said, “ Anak Ko Yan! ” (That’s My Son!)


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


2 What Is the Father Like “in Heaven”?


Introduction


“Heaven ” in Matthew and the Lord’s Prayer


“Heavens ” as the Dwelling ( Tahanan ) of God


What Is the Father Like “in Heaven”?


Knowing the Father through His Son: Jesus as Representative of Heaven on Earth


Christians as Representatives of the Heavenly Father on Earth


Conclusion


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


3 Hallowed Be Your Name: Demonstrating God’s Incomparability


Introduction


Immanence , Transcendence , and Community


God’s Agenda: The First Three Petitions


Praying the Lord’s Prayer


What’s in a Name?


What Does “Hallow” Mean?


Conclusion: The Ethical Significance of God’s Incomparability


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


4 The Reign of God in and through the Messiah


Introduction


Royal Overtones in Matthew


Scriptural Precursors


God’s Reign in and through the Messiah


Conclusion


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


5 Your Will Be Done, on Earth As It Is in Heaven


Introduction


Your Kingdom Come


Your Will Be Done


On Earth As It Is in Heaven


Conclusion: Lord of Heaven and Earth


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


Part Two


6 Give Us Today Our Daily Rice


Introduction


Give Us Today Our Daily Rice


Conclusion


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


7 As We Forgive Our Kapwa


Introduction


The Social and Judicial Themes of Forgiveness in the Lord’s Prayer


Dynamics of Asking for Forgiveness in Today’s Filipino Family


As We Forgive Our Kapwa


Conclusion


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


8 “Temptation” and “Evil” in the Lord’s Prayer in Relation to Public Engagement


Introduction


Matthew’s Presentation of Temptation and Evil in Relation to Public Engagement


“Lead Us Not into Temptation but Deliver Us from Evil” in the Philippine Public Sphere


Matthew’s Assessment of His Community: Temptation and Evil among Us


Conclusion


Questions for Reflection or Discussion


9 Yours Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory


Introduction


Doxology in the Lord’s Prayer