Analyzing prayer : theological and philosophical essays /

"This volume draws together a range of theologians and philosophers to deal with different approaches to prayer as a Christian practice. The chapters deal with issues pertaining to petitionary prayer, prayer as reorientation of oneself in the presence of God, prayer by those who do not believe,...

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Other Authors: Crisp, Oliver (Editor), Arcadi, James, 1981- (Editor), Wessling, Jordan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in analytic theology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Petitionary Prayer and Pride / Scott A. Davidson
  • Interceding for the Lost : On the Effectiveness of Petitioning God for the Salvation of Others / Jordan Wessling
  • Are You There, God? It's Me, the Theist : On the Viability and Virtue of Non-Doxastic Prayer / Amber L. Griffioen
  • Praying in the Name of Christ : Friedrich Schleiermacher's "Mystical" Account of Prayer / James R. Gordon
  • Prayer as Complaint / Oliver D. Crisp
  • Toward an Account of Lamenting Well / Kevin Timpe
  • Theology in the Second Person : Christian Dogmatics as a Mode of Prayer / Ross D. Inman
  • Does God Pray? / Katherine Sonderegger
  • Blessing God as Pledge of Allegiance : A Speech-Act Theoretic Approach / James M. Arcadi
  • Knowing as you are Known : Prayer in the Presence of God / Kyle Strobel
  • Prayer as the Road to Self-Knowledge / Adam Green
  • Prayer and the Meaning of Life / Jason McMartin.