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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General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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