
Prayer: A Guide for the Perplexed
Ashley Cocksworth(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 12. July 2018
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-567-19872-3 (ISBN)
Description
At the heart of Christian life and liturgy is the practice of prayer, that distinctive and yet utterly perplexing act, which believers and non-believers alike struggle to understand. Drawing on the rich resources of the Christian tradition of prayer and spirituality (including Origen, Augustine, the Reformers, Karl Barth,
Hans Urs von Balthasar and Thomas Merton), liturgical resources, and biblical material, this book guides the reader through some of the fundamental questions, tricky issues, and complex themes surrounding the problem of prayer from a Christian perspective. Additionally, Cocksworth describes and investigates the
recent re-turns to theologies of prayer and spirituality in contemporary academic theology and ethics (including, amongst others, in the work of Rowan Williams, Sarah Coakley, Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells) and provides some reflections on why prayer has suddenly once again become quite fashionable in
academic discourse. Finally, Cocksworth examines some of the problems in various popular approaches to prayer that market prayer in terms of individual therapy or are dominated by issues of efficacy and the promise to pray better.
Hans Urs von Balthasar and Thomas Merton), liturgical resources, and biblical material, this book guides the reader through some of the fundamental questions, tricky issues, and complex themes surrounding the problem of prayer from a Christian perspective. Additionally, Cocksworth describes and investigates the
recent re-turns to theologies of prayer and spirituality in contemporary academic theology and ethics (including, amongst others, in the work of Rowan Williams, Sarah Coakley, Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells) and provides some reflections on why prayer has suddenly once again become quite fashionable in
academic discourse. Finally, Cocksworth examines some of the problems in various popular approaches to prayer that market prayer in terms of individual therapy or are dominated by issues of efficacy and the promise to pray better.
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Edition
HPOD
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-19872-3 (9780567198723)
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Person
Ashley Cocksworth studied at the University of
Edinburgh and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his doctoral work is on
Karl Barth's theology of prayer. He has published articles on prayer in leading
academic journals and is currently working on a co-edited volume on prayer with
John C. McDowell.
Edinburgh and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his doctoral work is on
Karl Barth's theology of prayer. He has published articles on prayer in leading
academic journals and is currently working on a co-edited volume on prayer with
John C. McDowell.
Content
Introduction\Chapter 1: Prayer, spirituality and
theology: a prayerful theological methodology Chapter 2: Commanded to pray: the
doctrine of God \ Chapter 3: Pray, then, like this: Christ the pray-er \
Chapter 4: With sighs too deep for words: praying as we ought \ Chapter 5: Prayer
and worship \ Chapter 6: A liturgical existence: prayer and ethics \ Conclusion
\ Further Reading \ Index
theology: a prayerful theological methodology Chapter 2: Commanded to pray: the
doctrine of God \ Chapter 3: Pray, then, like this: Christ the pray-er \
Chapter 4: With sighs too deep for words: praying as we ought \ Chapter 5: Prayer
and worship \ Chapter 6: A liturgical existence: prayer and ethics \ Conclusion
\ Further Reading \ Index