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Author Ostrander, Richard, 1965-

Title The life of prayer in a world of science : Protestants, prayer, and American culture, 1870-1930 / Rick Ostrander.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (232 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Religion in America series
Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-225) and index.
Contents A final act of purification: the modern scientific attack on prayer -- Proving the living God: answered prayer as a modern evangelical apologetic -- The spiritual unrest: the cultural context of liberal Protestant devotionalism -- Divine immanence: the ideological context of liberal Protestant devotionalism -- A sane mysticism: the Christocentric liberal ethic of prayer -- The new belief in prayer: healing and intercession in liberal Protestantism -- The religion a mature mind: liberal devotional teachings in the early twentieth century -- Modernism and prayer in the twenties.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Prayer -- Christianity -- History -- 19th century.
Prayer -- Christianity.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Protestant churches -- United States -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century.
Protestant churches.
United States.
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Church history.
Prayer -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Protestant churches -- United States -- Doctrines -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
Protestants -- United States -- History.
Protestants.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ostrander, Richard, 1965- Life of prayer in a world of science. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195136101 (DLC) 99039992 (OCoLC)42022247
ISBN 1423760638 (electronic book)
9781423760634 (electronic book)
0195136101 (Cloth)
9780195136104