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Temporal Lobe Transients and Prayer
… female Christian college students completed a Prayer Experiences Questionnaire inquiring about their religious experiences during prayer. Individuals scoring in the upper and lower 30 percent of the possible summed scores on this questionnaire then participated in a recording session that …
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Electronic Prayer Rug: Design and Evaluation
For more than a thousand years, the prayer rug has been used by Muslims, around the world, to conduct the five daily prayer rituals. The rug has undergone very little modification since it was first used – mainly aesthetics in the form of adding motifs and patterns. This dissertation constitutes …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Centering Prayer
Centering prayer is a contemplative practice designed to facilitate psychological and spiritual growth and development. It is currently being practiced in Christian communities and faith-based organizations around the world. Despite the widespread appeal and practice of centering prayer, the social …
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The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays
… work by tackling the question of what prayer does in his plays. I place these performed prayers in their historical and theological contexts, as well as analyse their roles dramatically and thematically within the plays. Prayer as a dramatic form is unique in that it falls between a …
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The Sinner's Prayer: An Historical and Theological Analysis
… and theological analysis of the Sinner's Prayer. Chapter 1 introduces the topic, provides an example of the Sinner's Prayer, and proposes the importance of this study. The methodology and limitations of the study are also discussed. Chapter 2 traces the history of evangelism from New …
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The voice of faith: Jonathan Edwards's theology of prayer
… should rightly be called the "theologian of prayer." Chapter 1 defines the parameters of this study and argues for the importance of Edwards's contribution to this area of practical theology. Chapter 2 examines the nature of God the Father, asking and answering three questions regarding …
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Theorizing prayer in Anglo-Saxon England: Bede and Ælfric
I argue that Anglo-Saxon prayer was inflected by Germanic assumptions about gift-giving and lordship and that prayer, in turn, shaped the Anglo-Saxons’ perception of the self and its relation with the community. Modern studies of early prayer tend to focus on forms of devotion that replicate modern …
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The Experience of Christian Prayer in Coaching: A Qualitative Investigation
… lived experience of Christian athletes' use of prayer (Czech et al., 2004); however, no published research has sought to understand how a Christian coach may utilize prayer. The purpose of this study was to gather a narrative of the lived experience of collegiate Division I Christian head …
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A study of the collects in 1549 Book of common prayer
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of English, 1952
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The Relationship Between Prayer and Team Cohesion in Collegiate Softball Teams
… rising. Although it is feared that pre-game prayers may interfere with an athlete's preparation for competition, Turman (2003) found athletes credited those prayers as a way to bring the team together. Czech and Burke (2002) found that female athletes were more supportive of prayer and …
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Prayer in the public schools : the impact of Engel v. Vitale.
… ruled in Engel v. Vitale that classroom use of a prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents was in conflict with the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Dissenting from Justice Black's majority opinion, Justice Stewart emphasized that the Supreme Court had erred in denying the …
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Applying Affect Theory to Studies of Legislative Prayer: Analyzing the Abortion Debate
Legislative prayer is a common practice within local, state and federal legislative forums. Despite Supreme Court cases which have challenged the constitutionality of government-sanctioned prayer, legislative prayer persists as a constitutional political tradition within legislative forums. Prayers …
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The Theology of Intercessory Prayer: with Special Reference to Contemporary Protestant Theology
… in the efficacy of petitionary and intercessory prayer. Does God respond to men's prayers? If so, how? The primary purpose of this study is to examine the various ways of understanding intercessory prayer--that is, petition which involves a third party--found in the writings of twentieth century …
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More than a prayer: Pastors' perception and practice of mental health services
While African Americans show similar rates of mental health concerns, they seek and obtain significantly fewer traditional mental health services (MHS) as compared to other groups. One alternative to traditional forms of MHS is the use of church-based resources, such as pastoral counseling. Pastors …
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Divine Sovereignty, Divine Providence, and Prayer in the Thought of Evagrius Ponticus
… discern an interdependent relationship between prayer and theological belief, particularly between prayer and divine sovereignty and divine providence. We find that Evagrius's teachings on divine sovereignty and divine providence inform and govern his teachings on prayer, specifically the forms …
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