Prayer: A Study in the History and Psychology of Religion

CONTENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
CHAPTER I PRIMITIVE PRAYER......Page 32
I. Occasions And Motives of Prayer......Page 33
II. Form of Prayer......Page 39
III. the Praying Person — The Individual and Society in Primitive Prayer......Page 43
IV. The Content of Prayer......Page 46
V. Attitude and Gesture in Prayer......Page 71
VI. The Higher Beings Invoked in Prayer......Page 73
VII. The Conception of God Underlying Primitive Prayer......Page 84
VIII. The Relation of Man to God Expressed in Primitive Prayer......Page 89
CHAPTER II RITUAL PRAYER......Page 96
CHAPTER III PRAYER IN THE RELIGION OF GREEK CIVILIZATION......Page 105
CHAPTER IV CRITIQUE AND IDEAL OF PRAYER IN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT......Page 118
I. Content of Philosophical Prayer......Page 120
II. The Philosophical Criticism of Prayer and the Philosophical Ideal of Prayer......Page 126
CHAPTER V PRAYER IN THE EXPERIENCE OF GREAT RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES......Page 135
CHAPTER VI GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MYSTICISM AND PROPHETIC RELIGION......Page 166
CHAPTER VII PRAYER IN MYSTICISM......Page 203
I. Motive and Aim of Mystical Prayer......Page 204
II. Form of Mystical Prayer......Page 207
III. Nature and Content of Mystical Prayer......Page 209
I. Sacramental and Cultural Mysticism......Page 234
CHAPTER IX PRAYER IN PROPHETIC RELIGION......Page 258
I.Occasion and Motive of Prayer......Page 259
II. Form of Prayer......Page 267
III. Content of Prayer......Page 270
IV. The Conception of God Which Underlies Prophetic Prayer......Page 305
V. Belief in the Presence of God......Page 306
VI. The Relation of God and Man as Revealed in Prayer......Page 308
VII. Prophetic Standards of Prayer......Page 312
VIII. Comparison of Mystical and Prophetic Prayer......Page 314
CHAPTER X THE PERSONAL PRAYER OF GREAT MEN (POETS AND ARTISTS)......Page 317
I. The Aesthetic, Contemplative Type......Page 318
II. The Emotional, Ethical Type......Page 322
I. Public Prayer as Related to the Devotional Life of Prophetic Personalities......Page 327
II. Historical Survey......Page 328
III. Motive and Purpose of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 336
IV. The from of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 338
V. The Content of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 348
VI. The Inviocation in Christian Common Prayer......Page 364
VII. The Idea of Prayer in Public Worship......Page 367
VIII. Special Types of Common Prayer in Public Worship......Page 370
CHAPTER XII PERSONAL PRAYER AS A LAW OF DUTY AND GOOD WORKS......Page 378
CHAPTER XIII THE ESSENCE OF PRAYER\r......Page 384
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 396
INDEX OF NAMES......Page 404