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Prayer and modern man

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Seabury Press, 1973 - Religion - 178 pages
Focuses on those aspects of modern society which have alienated man from God, and establishes a foundation for prayer in contemporary life

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This was a required text in college. I'm reading it again (very slowly - it's so dense), and I'm really loving it. I'm only half way through, but already it has confirmed what's often bothered me ... Read full review

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User Review  - Tim - Goodreads

This book is dated in places as Ellul relates to the modern at the time he first wrote (1970). But modern ideas about the efficiency and efficacy of prayer that Ellul responds to remain part of modern ... Read full review

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Contents

INTIMATE AND REASSURING VIEWS
3
Votive Plaques
11
Dionysiac Prayer
22
Copyright

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TitlePrayer and modern man
A Seabury paperback
AuthorJacques Ellul
PublisherSeabury Press, 1973
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMay 14, 2009
ISBN0816420815, 9780816420810
Length178 pages
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Prayer
Prayer/ Christianity
Religion / Christian Life / General
Religion / Christian Life / Prayer
Religion / Devotional
Religion / General
Religion / Prayer
Religion / Prayerbooks / Christian
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