To pray or not to pray: Reflections on the intersection of prayer and medicine
Recent medical studies documenting the influence of prayer in our physical lives challenge mainstream Christians to rethink their ideas and practice of prayer. A new model of prayer questions dysfunctional images of prayer based on 1) the doctrine of divine omnipotence, 2) the rewards-punishments no...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1995]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1995, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-148 |
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Human Existence
B Technological Context B Multidimensional Image B Medical Study B Divine Omnipotence |
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