Pray Like This

Understanding Prayer in the Bible
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-567-02633-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 265 g

Werline shows the ways that--though many biblical prayers are familiar to us--biblical texts and contemporary readers come from different worlds.

Examines prayer as more than simply a means of worshipping
- Provides an in-depth examination of biblical prayers and their settings, from the prayers of Abraham and Sarah to the prayers contained in Paul's letters
- Demonstrates the ways in which prayers can be political constructs.

Werline encourages us to look at prayer in the following way: to attempt to understand how prayers are tied to particular cultural and social settings. Prayers are part of and expressions of a collection of cultural ideas that have been arranged within a system that seems coherent and obvious to those writings the biblical texts. Prayers participate in and express a person's worldview. Werline shows the ways that--though many biblical prayers are familiar to us--biblical texts and contemporary readers come from different worlds.

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament contain many prayers. Large volumes have been written on prayer within a single book, or within the writings of one author, like Paul, or an individual prayer, such as the Lord's Prayer. Werline does not examine every prayer in the Bible or even write exhaustively on a single prayer. He has highlighted a few significant features of each prayer, and some of the prayers vividly exhibit the influence of a particular society's vision. For example, he examines the prayers of 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles because of the ways they are tightly tied to the authors' views of history. The writers' interpretation of history profoundly influenced significant portions of the Bible as well as the literature of early Judaism.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Werline, Rodney Alan

Werline, Rodney

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter One Prayer and the Family’s Future: The Prayers of Abraham’s Servant and Hannah
Chapter Two Prayer and History: 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles
Chapter Three Prayer and the Rejected Prophet: Jeremiah
Chapter Four Prayer and Wisdom: Daniel
Chapter Five Pray Like This: Matthew
Chapter Six Prayer and Demonic Powers: Mark
Chapter Seven Prayer and God’s Continuing Work: Luke-Acts
Chapter Eight Prayer and Unity: John
Chapter Nine Prayer, Transformation, and Moral Advancement: Paul
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Rodney A. Werline is Senior Minister, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Greensboro, NC and the co-editor of For A Later Generation.