T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer (T&T Clark Handbooks)

by Ashley Cocksworth; John C. McDowell

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2022

Overview

The essays collected in this volume provide a resource for thinking theologically about the practice of Christian prayer. In the first of four parts, the volume begins by reaching back to the biblical foundations of prayer. Then, each of the chapters in the second part investigates a classical Christian doctrine – including God, creation, Christology, pneumatology, providence and eschatology – from the perspective of prayer. The chapters in the third part explore the writings of some of the great theorizers of prayer in the history of the Christian tradition. The final part gathers a set of creative and critical conversations on prayer responding to a variety of contemporary issues. Overall, the T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer articulates a theologically expansive account of prayer – one that is deeply biblical, energetically doctrinal, historically rooted, and relevant to a whole host of critical questions and concerns facing the world today.

Key Features

• Offers a collection of essays about prayer from a theological perspective
• Helps readers to give answer to many of the questions and concerns that the world is facing today
• Talks about the foundations of prayer, other doctrines from the prespective of prayer, and creative conversations on prayer

Contents

Part A: Biblical Perspectives

• The Origins and Social Context of the Prayer in the Scriptures of Israel, the Christian Old Testament - Christopher R. Seitz
• Moses on Mount Sinai in the Early Christian Contemplative Tradition - Ann Conway-Jones
• Transfiguring Speech: Prayer and the Psalms - Kevin G. Grove
• Prayer in the New Testament - Stephen C. Barton
• An Exegetical History of the Lord's Prayer: The First to the Sixth Century - Roy Hammerling
• Ultimate Desire: The Prayer of Jesus in John 17 - David F. Ford

Part B: Doctrinal Perspectives

• Doctrine and Prayer - Mike Higton
• The Act of Prayer and the Doctrine of God - Katherine Sonderegger
• Creation and Prayer - Simon Oliver
• The Christology of Prayer: Praying in Christ who is Priest, Prophet, and King - Tom Greggs
• The Intercession of the Holy Spirit: Pneumatology and Prayer - Matthew Levering
• The Hiddenness of Providence: Praying to a God Beyond Speech - Susannah Ticciati
• Eschatology and Prayer - Gerald O'Collins

Part C: Historical Perspectives

• Christian Prayer in the Pre-Nicene Period - Frances M. Young
• Following an Arc of Prayer: Clement, Origen, Evagrius, and John Cassian - Columba Stewart
• The Cappadocians on the Beauty and Efficacy of Prayer - Gabrielle Thomas
• Augustine on Prayer - Jonathan D. Teubner
• The Formulation of Prayer for the Formation of Faith in the Early Middle Ages, c. 700-900 - Renie S. Choy
• Anselm on Prayer: Lament of Self and Contemplation of God - Travis E. Ables
• Thomas Aquinas, Scholasticism and Prayer - Jacob Holsinger Sherman
• Retrieving Luther on Prayer: Spirituality in the Production of Christian Doctrine - Paul R. Hinlicky
• Pour Out Your Hearts Before God: John Calvin on Prayer - Randall C. Zachman
• The Spanish School of Prayer - Peter Tyler
• Prayer in Modern Philosophy - Scott A. Kirkland
• Karl Barth's Very Theological Theology of Prayer - Ashley Cocksworth
• The Scope and Status of Prayer in Balthasar's Theology - Travis LaCouter
• Thomas F. Torrance on Christ, the Mediator of Christian Prayer - John C. McDowell

Part D: Contemporary Perspectives

• Prayer and Natural Science: Brains, Bodies and Effects - Andrew Davison
• Prayer in Analytic Theology - James M. Arcadi
• Inter-Religious Dialogue: A Provocation to Pray - Catriona Laing
• Prayer: An Orthodox Perspective - Andrew Louth
• Silence, Breath, Body, Cry: Poetry and Prayer - Elizabeth S. Dodd
• Reconciliation: The Place of Prayer in Conflict and Peace-Making - Siobhán Garrigan
• The Lord's Prayer in the Life and Liturgy of the Church - Medi Ann Volpe
• Prayer and Pastoral Ministry - Stephen Burns
• Prayer, Gender and the Body - Nicola Slee
• Christian Prayer in Black and Blue - Andrew Prevot
• Praying with the Unwanted People at the End of the World - Cláudio Carvalhaes
• Psalm 139 – A Prologue to Prayer - Tina Beattie

Product Details

• Title: T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Prayer
• Authors: Ashley Cocksworth, John C. McDowell
• Series: T&T Clark Handbooks
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 704
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Prayer › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780567664365, 0567664368
• Resource ID: LLS:TTCLRKCHRSTPRYR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-07T22:10:06Z