Prayer: A Study In The History And Psychology Of Religion (mystical Classics Of The World)

this Comprehensive Study Explores The Central Role Of Prayer Through The Ages, From Ancient Indigenous Prayer Rituals To Today's Large-scale Public Worship. CONTENTS......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 16 CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE PRAYER......Page 32 I. Occasions And Motives of Prayer......Page 33 II. Form of Prayer......Page 39 III. the Praying Person — The Individual and Society in Primitive Prayer......Page 43 IV. The Content of Prayer......Page 46 V. Attitude and Gesture in Prayer......Page 71 VI. The Higher Beings Invoked in Prayer......Page 73 VII. The Conception of God Underlying Primitive Prayer......Page 84 VIII. The Relation of Man to God Expressed in Primitive Prayer......Page 89 CHAPTER II RITUAL PRAYER......Page 96 CHAPTER III PRAYER IN THE RELIGION OF GREEK CIVILIZATION......Page 105 CHAPTER IV CRITIQUE AND IDEAL OF PRAYER IN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT......Page 118 I. Content of Philosophical Prayer......Page 120 II. The Philosophical Criticism of Prayer and the Philosophical Ideal of Prayer......Page 126 CHAPTER V PRAYER IN THE EXPERIENCE OF GREAT RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES......Page 135 CHAPTER VI GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MYSTICISM AND PROPHETIC RELIGION......Page 166 CHAPTER VII PRAYER IN MYSTICISM......Page 203 I. Motive and Aim of Mystical Prayer......Page 204 II. Form of Mystical Prayer......Page 207 III. Nature and Content of Mystical Prayer......Page 209 I. Sacramental and Cultural Mysticism......Page 234 CHAPTER IX PRAYER IN PROPHETIC RELIGION......Page 258 I.Occasion and Motive of Prayer......Page 259 II. Form of Prayer......Page 267 III. Content of Prayer......Page 270 IV. The Conception of God Which Underlies Prophetic Prayer......Page 305 V. Belief in the Presence of God......Page 306 VI. The Relation of God and Man as Revealed in Prayer......Page 308 VII. Prophetic Standards of Prayer......Page 312 VIII. Comparison of Mystical and Prophetic Prayer......Page 314 CHAPTER X THE PERSONAL PRAYER OF GREAT MEN (POETS AND ARTISTS)......Page 317 I. The Aesthetic, Contemplative Type......Page 318 II. The Emotional, Ethical Type......Page 322 I. Public Prayer as Related to the Devotional Life of Prophetic Personalities......Page 327 II. Historical Survey......Page 328 III. Motive and Purpose of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 336 IV. The from of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 338 V. The Content of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 348 VI. The Inviocation in Christian Common Prayer......Page 364 VII. The Idea of Prayer in Public Worship......Page 367 VIII. Special Types of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 370 CHAPTER XII PERSONAL PRAYER AS A LAW OF DUTY AND GOOD WORKS......Page 378 CHAPTER XIII THE ESSENCE OF PRAYER ......Page 384 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 396 INDEX OF NAMES......Page 404 This text explores the central role of prayer in the history and psychology of religion through the ages, from ancient indigenous prayer rituals to large-scale public worship. It includes coverage of prayer in philosophy, mysticism, in prophetic religion and in public worship. Originally published: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1932.