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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostrander, Richard, 1965-

Series:

Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)

Religion in America series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayer--Christianity--History--19th century.

Prayer.

Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines--History--19th century.

Protestant churches.

History.

Prayer--Christianity.

United States--Church history--19th century.

United States.

Church history.

Prayer--Christianity--History--20th century.

Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines--History--20th century.

United States--Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

232 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Christians carried on an intense debate concerning the doctrine of prayer. This ideological revolution affected not only the ways that they interpreted the Bible but also how they prayed. In this book, Rick Ostrander explores the attempts of American Christians to articulate a convincing and satisfying ethic of prayer amidst these changing circumstances.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0195136101

OCLC:

42022247