In Silence : Why We Pray

by Spoto, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780142196380
• ISBN10: 014219638X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-27
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

Drawing on the words of religious thinkers of both the East and the West, from the author of Psalms to Rumi and from Teresa of gvila to Ch]gyam Trungpa, "In Silence" explores the nature, quality, history, and effects of prayer: as petition, as forgiveness, as cry of suffering, as abandonment, as serenity, as loving, as silence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Of Time and Memory
Some Historic Aspects of the Interior Life	p. 1
Prayer as Dialogue (I)
The Experience of Israel	p. 15
Prayer as Dialogue (II)
The Experience of Christianity and Islam	p. 29
Prayer as Dialogue (III)
The Living God Speaks	p. 38
Prayer as Petition	p. 51
Prayer as Forgiveness	p. 80
Prayer as Suffering	p. 94
Prayer as Abandonment	p. 116
Prayer as Serenity	p. 135
Prayer as Loving	p. 145
Prayer as Transformation	p. 172
Prayer as Silence	p. 189
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 231
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