Praying Hands
[Within the frame of secular modernity, religion has become something in need of measured explanation, something that is either at odds or consistent with the natural state of humanity. A genealogy of the concept of prayer, then, tells a story about our contemporary condition, how we are and who we...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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| In: |
American religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-136 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | [Within the frame of secular modernity, religion has become something in need of measured explanation, something that is either at odds or consistent with the natural state of humanity. A genealogy of the concept of prayer, then, tells a story about our contemporary condition, how we are and who we are. In this essay I focus on how prayer, for practitioners and scholars, promoters and critics, often distills something essential about religion and offers a prescriptive humanism oddly devoid of hands. In a collage-like presentation I trace how the measurement of prayer—either professionally or politically, for purposes of demystification or confirmation of its efficacy—has increasingly focused on the mind and the nervous system, in general.] |
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| ISSN: | 2643-9247 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2979/amerreli.1.1.07 |
