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viii, 183 pages ; 22 cm Aware of widespread confusion about prayer, the author examines at close range what prayer really is, why it is, and where the pray-er enters the scene. One of the startling revelations of this work is that prayer is not basically an unreal or thoroughly mysterious act, but one that is natural and spontaneous. Indeed, it is so natural that it is essential to the encounter not only between man and God, but between man and man. Without the medium of prayer, communication between men is virtually impossible. To reduce the necessity of prayer to basic terms, one can rightly say that if man fails at prayer, he fails as man Translation of Prière humaine prière divine Includes bibliographical references pt. 1: Prayer as from man to man -- Preliminaries -- The content of prayer as an expression of the bond between persons -- The man who makes the prayer -- The man who receives the prayer -- Hierarchical relationships in prayer -- The element of "The Holy" in inter-human prayer -- pt. 2: Prayer as addressed to God -- The radical difference between divine and human prayer -- God penetrates me wholly -- The psychological stages of prayer -- The ends of prayer -- The

Author

[Translation by A. Manson]

Publisher

New York: Sheed and Ward

Published

1964

Language

EN

Subjects

Religion, Christian