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The life of prayer in a world of science Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930  Cover Image E-book E-book

The life of prayer in a world of science [electronic resource] : Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930 / Rick Ostrander.

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  • ISBN: 1423760638 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781423760634 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
  • Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-225) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A final act of purification: the modern scientific attack on prayer -- Proving the living God: answered prayer as a modern evangelical apologetic -- The spiritual unrest: the cultural context of liberal Protestant devotionalism -- Divine immanence: the ideological context of liberal Protestant devotionalism -- A sane mysticism: the Christocentric liberal ethic of prayer -- The new belief in prayer: healing and intercession in liberal Protestantism -- The religion a mature mind: liberal devotional teachings in the early twentieth century -- Modernism and prayer in the twenties.
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Description based on print version record.
Subject: Protestant churches > Doctrines.
Prayer > Christianity > History > 20th century.
Prayer > United States > Christianity > History.
Protestants > United States > History.
Prayer > Christianity > History > 19th century.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Prayer.
Prayer > Christianity.
Protestants.
Protestant churches > United States > Doctrines > History > 19th century.
Protestant churches > United States > Doctrines > History > 20th century.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
United States > Church history > 20th century.
United States.
Genre: History.
Electronic books.
Church history.

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