Shane Sharp

Understanding Petitionary Prayer

Ask, and Ye Might Receive

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the 'whats', 'whys', and 'hows' of petitionary prayer. Millions of people every single day ask God or some other supernatural being to make some outcome or event happen, whether it be to keep their children safe during a road trip, to give them the willpower to avoid succumbing to the temptation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781032949550
• ISBN-10: 1032949554
• Artikelnr.: 72487326

Autorenporträt

Shane Sharp is a professor of sociology at Northern Illinois University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. To What Ends? The Goals of Petitionary Prayer 2. Why Don't
People Pray for Everything? The Dos and Don'ts of Petitionary Prayer 3. Why
Ask? Solving the Truth in Advertising Problem of Petitionary Prayer 4. How
Does One Convince God? Petitionary Prayer as Persuasion 5. How Do People
Know When Their Prayers Have Been Answered? Believing in Successful Prayers
6. How Do People Account for Unsuccessful Prayers? Conclusion: Lessons
Learned (And a Final One) Methodological Appendix.