Are Practical Prayers Pagan Prayers?

Despite the Apostle Paul's encouragement to 'present your requests to God,' the NT contains few examples of petitionary prayer for the mundane concerns of daily life. The Jewish, Greco-Roman and magical practices of petitionary prayer are examined in order to explain the apparent inco...

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Published in:The expository times
Main Author: Crump, David 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2009]
In: The expository times
Further subjects:B Bible. New Testament
B Greco-Roman piety
B Prayers
B Bible
B Magic
B Paganism
B Christian Literature
B Tefillah
B Bible Prayers
B Petition
B Prayer
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Summary:Despite the Apostle Paul's encouragement to 'present your requests to God,' the NT contains few examples of petitionary prayer for the mundane concerns of daily life. The Jewish, Greco-Roman and magical practices of petitionary prayer are examined in order to explain the apparent incongruity between NT practice and teaching.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0014524608101110