T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer

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The essays collected in this volume provide a resource for thinking theologically about the practice of Christian prayer. In the first of four parts, the volume begins by reaching back to the biblical foundations of prayer. Then, each of the chapters in the second part investigates a classical Christian doctrine – including God, creation, Christology, pneumatology, providence and eschatology – from the perspective of prayer. The chapters in the third part explore the writings of some of the great theorizers of prayer in the history of the Christian tradition. The final part gathers a set of creative and critical conversations on prayer responding to a variety of contemporary issues. Overall, the T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer articulates a theologically expansive account of prayer – one that is deeply biblical, energetically doctrinal, historically rooted, and relevant to a whole host of critical questions and concerns facing the world today. Cover Contents Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: Prayer in the School of Discipleship Ashley Cocksworth and John C. McDowell Part One: Biblical Perspectives 1 Prayer in the Scriptures of Israel, the Christian Old Testament Christopher R. Seitz 2 Moses on Mount Sinai in the Early Christian Contemplative Tradition Ann Conway-Jones 3 Transfiguring Speech: Prayer and the Psalms Kevin G. Grove Stephen C. Barton 4 Prayer in the New Testament Stephen C. Barton 5 An Exegetical History of the Lord’s Prayer: The First to the Sixth Century Roy Hammerling 6 Ultimate Desire: The Prayer of Jesus in John 17 David F. Ford Part Two: Doctrinal Perspectives 7 Doctrine and Prayer Mike Higton 8 The Act of Prayer and the Doctrine of God Katherine Sonderegger 9 Creation and Prayer Simon Oliver 10 The Christology of Prayer: Praying in Christ Who is Priest, Prophet and King Tom Greggs 11 The Intercession of the Holy Spirit: Pneumatology and Prayer Matthew Levering 12 The Hiddenness of Providence: Praying to a God beyond Speech Susannah Ticciati 13 Eschatology and Prayer Gerald O’Collins Part three: Historical Perspectives 14 Christian Prayer in the Pre-Nicene Period Frances M. Young 15 Following an Arc of Prayer: Clement, Origen, Evagrius and John Cassian Columba Stewart 16 The Cappadocians on the Beauty and Efficacy of Prayer Gabrielle Thomas 17 Augustine on Prayer: Sin, Desire and the Form of Life Jonathan D. Teubner 18 The Formulation of Prayer for the Formation of Faith in the Early Middle Ages, c. 700–900 Renie Choy 19 Anselm on Prayer: Lament of Self and Contemplation of God Travis E. Ables 20 Thomas Aquinas, Scholasticism and Prayer Jacob Holsinger Sherman 21 Retrieving Luther on Prayer: Spirituality in the Production of Christian Doctrine Paul R. Hinlicky 22 Pour Out Your Hearts before God: John Calvin on Prayer Randall C. Zachman 23 The Spanish School of Prayer Peter Tyler 24 Prayer in Modern Philosophy Scott A. Kirkland 25 Karl Barth’s Very Theological Theology of Prayer Ashley Cocksworth 26 The Scope and Status of Prayer in Balthasar’s Theology Travis LaCouter 27 Thomas F. Torrance on Christ, the Mediator of Christian Prayer John C. McDowell Part four: Contemporary Perspectives 28 Prayer and Natural Science: Brains, Bodies and Effects Andrew Davison 29 Prayer in Analytic Theology James M. Arcadi 30 Inter-Religious Dialogue: A Provocation to Pray Catriona Laing 31 Prayer: An Orthodox Perspective Andrew Louth 32 Silence, Breath, Body, Cry: Poetry and Prayer Elizabeth S. Dodd 33 Reconciliation: The Place of Prayer in Conflict and Peace-Making Siobhán Garrigan 34 The Lord’s Prayer in the Life and Liturgy of the Church Medi Ann Volpe 35 Prayer and Pastoral Ministry Stephen Burns 36 Prayer, Gender and the Body Nicola Slee 37 Christian Prayer in Black and Blue Andrew Prevot 38 Praying with the Unwanted People at the End of the World Cláudio Carvalhaes 39 Psalm 139: A Prologue to Prayer Tina Beattie index