The Encyclopedia of Prayer and Praise brings together some of the
most helpful prayers and teaching about prayer of the past two
millennia, offering a vast collection of over 5,000 prayers and writings
about prayer. Although it does include hundreds of contemporary
prayers, its focus is on the rich and often neglected heritage of
classic Christian prayers. Prayers are organized by theme and occasion,
to make it easy to find a particular prayer. There are also indexes of
first lines; subjects; and authors and sources. All prayers are
addressed to one of the Trinity. Authors range from Abelard and Ambrose
through Wesley and Zwingli.
The second part of the Encyclopedia offers over seventy extracts from
classic teachings on prayer and praise, as well as prayer collections,
stories about prayer and people who prayed, and prayers to be prayed
with children. A galaxy of devotional and scholarly writings are
included, with authors including Augustine, Bunyan, Calvin, Brother
Lawrence, Luther, Origen, C. H. Spurgeon, Wesley and Whitefield.
Probably the largest collection of prayers published in the last
century, this Encyclopedia will be an indispensable reference tool and
aid for your personal prayer life.
Author: Mark Waters Publisher: Hendrickson Year: 2004 ISBN 13: 9781565632806 Number of Pages: 1184 Format: Hardback
