The life of prayer in a world of science [[electronic resource] ] : Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930 / / Rick Ostrander
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| Autore: |
Ostrander Richard <1965->
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| Titolo: |
The life of prayer in a world of science [[electronic resource] ] : Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930 / / Rick Ostrander
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 248.3/2/097309034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Prayer - Christianity - History - 19th century |
| Prayer - Christianity - History - 20th century | |
| Protestant churches - United States - Doctrines - History - 19th century | |
| Protestant churches - United States - Doctrines - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Church history 19th century |
| United States Church history 20th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-225) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 TwentiesNotes; Select Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | By 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The life of prayer in a world of science |
| ISBN: | 1-280-47350-9 |
| 0-19-803114-9 | |
| 1-4237-6063-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452154703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)