- Subjects
- Published
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Newburyport, MA :
Weiser Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- viii, 326 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781578636921
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Why and How We Pray
- Chapter 1. The Role of Prayer-Yesterday and Today
- Chapter 2. Prayer Structure
- Chapter 3. Praying with Words
- Chapter 4. Praying without Words
- Part 2. Ritual Prayers
- Chapter 5. Preparing for Prayer
- Chapter 6. Purification
- Chapter 7. Beginnings
- Chapter 8. Sacred Space
- Chapter 9. The Home
- Chapter 10. Callings
- Chapter 11. Praise
- Chapter 12. Litanies and Mantras
- Chapter 13. Thanksgivings and Graces
- Chapter 14. Consecrations and Blessings
- Chapter 15. Times of the Day
- Chapter 16. Times of the Moon
- Chapter 17. Times of the Year
- Chapter 18. Times of Life
- Chapter 19. Endings
- Chapter 20. Farewells
- Chapter 21. Dissolving the Space
- Part 3. Petitionary Prayers
- Chapter 22. Petitioning through Prayer
- Chapter 23. General Requests and Offerings
- Chapter 24. Abundance
- Chapter 25. Mind and Soul
- Chapter 26. Weil-Being
- Chapter 27. Civic Prayers
- Chapter 28. Miscellaneous Petitions
- Appendix 1. Offerings
- Appendix 2. Glossary of Deities
- Annotated Bibliography