03310nam 2200673Ia 450 991077753290332120230817174850.00-19-773995-41-280-47350-90-19-803114-91-4237-6063-8(CKB)1000000000460567(EBL)281047(OCoLC)476025344(SSID)ssj0000192183(PQKBManifestationID)11179908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192183(PQKBWorkID)10197786(PQKB)11409298(Au-PeEL)EBL281047(CaPaEBR)ebr10269011(CaONFJC)MIL47350(OCoLC)935262387(MiAaPQ)EBC281047(EXLCZ)99100000000046056719990727d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe life of prayer in a world of science Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930 /Rick OstranderOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,2000.1 online resource (240 pages)Religion in America series0-19-513610-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-225) and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: A Final Act of Purification: The Modern Scientific Attack on Prayer; TWO: Proving the Living God: Answered Prayer as a Modern Evangelical Apologetic; THREE: The Spiritual Unrest: The Cultural Context of Liberal Protestant Devotionalism; FOUR: Divine Immanence: The Ideological Context of Liberal Protestant Devotionalism; FIVE: A Sane Mysticism: The Christocentric Liberal Ethic of Prayer; SIX: The New Belief in Prayer: Healing and Intercession in Liberal Protestantism; SEVEN: The Religion of a Mature Mind: Liberal Devotional Teachings in the Early Twentieth Century; EIGHT: Modernism and Prayer in the Twenties; Notes; Select Bibliography; IndexBy the end of the 19th century, many in the emerging middle-class culture saw themselves as too busy to practice the rigorous devotions of their ancestors. In this book, Rick Ostrander explores the attempts of American Protestants to articulate a convincing and satisfying ethic of prayer in changing circumstances.Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)PrayerChristianityHistory19th centuryPrayerChristianityHistory20th centuryProtestant churchesUnited StatesDoctrinesHistory19th centuryProtestant churchesUnited StatesDoctrinesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryUnited StatesChurch history20th centuryPrayerChristianityHistoryPrayerChristianityHistoryProtestant churchesDoctrinesHistoryProtestant churchesDoctrinesHistory248.3/2/097309034Ostrander Richard1965-1570355MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777532903321The life of prayer in a world of science3843936UNINA