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Kneeling with giants : learning to pray with history's best teachers / Gary Neal Hansen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830869848
  • 0830869840
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kneeling with Giants with Complimentary Kneeling with Giants Reader : Learning to Pray with History's Best Teachers.DDC classification:
  • 248.3/2 23
LOC classification:
  • BV215 .H346 2012
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Praying with St. Benedict: the divine office -- Praying with Martin Luther: the Lord's prayer -- Praying with the pilgrim: the Jesus prayer -- Praying with John Calvin: studious meditation on the Psalms -- Praying with Ignatius of Loyola: the prayer of the senses -- Praying with St. Teresa of Avila: recollection of the presence of God -- Praying with the Puritans: meditation in writing -- Praying with The cloud of unknowing: contemplation in the dark -- Praying with Agnes Sanford: the healing light -- Praying with Andrew Murray: the ministry of intercession -- Benediction.
Summary: This guide to prayer, rooted in centuries of Christian tradition, introduces figures such as St. Benedict, Martin Luther, John Calvin, St. Ignatius, Teresa of Ávila and Andrew Murray. You'll learn how each of these spiritual giants uniquely connected to God through prayer and have an opportunity to practice each different method yourself.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)638010

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Praying with St. Benedict: the divine office -- Praying with Martin Luther: the Lord's prayer -- Praying with the pilgrim: the Jesus prayer -- Praying with John Calvin: studious meditation on the Psalms -- Praying with Ignatius of Loyola: the prayer of the senses -- Praying with St. Teresa of Avila: recollection of the presence of God -- Praying with the Puritans: meditation in writing -- Praying with The cloud of unknowing: contemplation in the dark -- Praying with Agnes Sanford: the healing light -- Praying with Andrew Murray: the ministry of intercession -- Benediction.

This guide to prayer, rooted in centuries of Christian tradition, introduces figures such as St. Benedict, Martin Luther, John Calvin, St. Ignatius, Teresa of Ávila and Andrew Murray. You'll learn how each of these spiritual giants uniquely connected to God through prayer and have an opportunity to practice each different method yourself.