Paying attention to God : discernment in prayer / William A. Barry.
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TextPublication details: Notre Dame, Ind. : Ave Maria Press, ©1990.Description: 128 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0877934142
- 9780877934141
- 0877934134
- 9780877934134
- Discernment in prayer
- 248.3/2 20
- BV210.2 .B2994 1990
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book: Standard | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Main | BV210.2 .B37 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 19-879 |
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| BV199.03 E83 2004 Healing liturgies for the seasons of life / | BV205 .J68 2012 Journeying into prayer : people and their pathways / edited by Neil Darragh. | BV207 .H54 1975 Thomas Merton on prayer / | BV210.2 .B37 1990 Paying attention to God : discernment in prayer / | BV210.2 .F67 1992 Prayer : finding the heart's true home / | BV210.2 .G74 1977 Opening to God : a guide to prayer / | BV210.2 .H93 1989 Too busy not to pray : slowing down to be with God / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
Part 1. Prayer as personal relationship. The experience that grounds our relationship -- God's freedom and prayer -- Grief, rage and prayer -- Resistance to union: a virulent strain -- The desire to love as Jesus loves: its vicissitudes -- Surrender: the key to wholeness -- Part 2. Prayer and personal discernment. God's dream -- But can we live out God's dream? -- What is God really like? -- The Kingdom of God and discernment -- Part 3. Some issues of communal discernment. The battle with demons -- The church in the modern world -- Is this plan or activity of God? -- Part 4. Death and resurrection. A meditation on death and life -- Experiences of dying and rising.
In a down-to-earth and clear manner, the author makes prayer believable and gives depth to our understanding of prayer by drawing on exciting insights from theology and philosophy. He also effectively opens up the issue of discernment in the church in order to help people bring their actual experience of God to bear not only on their own spiritual lives, but on the whole Christian community. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
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