Prayer : answered in the end / Stephen R. Holmes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Stephen R., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Christian doctrine

Cambridge elements. Elements in Christian doctrine, 2977-0211

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayer--Christianity.

Prayer.

Jesus Christ--Prayers.

Jesus Christ.

Prayers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Western academic analyses of the notion of answered prayer fail repeatedly to be attentive to claims that, within a specifically Christian theology, should be normative. The author proposes a theological construction, centred on the thesis that human beings are created to pray. Given this, the prayers of Jesus are paradigmatic for understanding human prayer. The author examines the ministry of Jesus under the rubric of the munus triplex, the threefold office, and on this basis, an exegetical account of the relationship of prayer and sacrifice is proposed, in which the transforming redemptive power of the sacrifice of Jesus makes possible the answering of prayer, even misdirected prayer. On this basis, a new account of how we should understand prayer being answered is offered, and this is developed into some modest reflections on the proper practice of prayer within Christian communities, paying specific attention to early English Baptist debates"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Introduction : answered prayer?

Prayer in perspectives : exegetical, traditional, academic, and personal

The god who answers prayer, and the praying creature

True prayer : the threefold office

Prayer and sacrifice

Prayer and sacrifice in the book of revelation

Did Jesus find me a parking space? morality, miracles, and prayers

How, then, shall we pray?

Some testimony by way of example and conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 17, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Holmes, Stephen R. Prayer

ISBN:

9781009791175

1009791176

OCLC:

1586478673

Publisher Number:

CIPO000392290

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license