Prayer: A Study in the History and Psychology of Religion

by Friedrich Heiler

Overview

This reprint of a classic text explores the central role of prayer in the history and psychology of religion through the ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781851681433
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Series:	Mystical Classics of the World
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Friedrich Heiler was a German scholar of religion, writing during and after the First World War. He was a major player in the move to ecunmenicism.

Table of Contents

1. Primitive Prayer
2. Ritual Prayer
3. Prayer in the Religion of Greek Civilization
4. Critique and Ideal of prayer in Philosophical Thought
5. Prayer in the Experience of Great Religious Personalities
6. General Characteristics of Mysticism and Prophetic Religion
7. Prayer in Mysticism
8. The variants of Mystical Prayer
9. Prayer in Prophetic Religion
10. Personal Prayer of Great Men, Poets and Artists
11. Prayer in Public Worship
12. Personal Prayer as a law of Duty and Good works
13. The essence of Prayer