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Excerpt from The Philosophy of Prayer
This class of writings, with few excep tions, is singularly lacking in scientific method. The approach to its themes is not the intellectual approach. It is more the poetic method Of drifting into things by way of meditation. It may be contended that the cold-blooded scrutiny of scientific method or the apparently colorless treat ment Of philosophical reasoning is out of place in a consideration of the subject Of prayer. Prayer is a matter of the heart. It lies in the realm Of feeling, Of mysticism, of intuition. But just so long as such an atti tude is taken just so long must the general thought of prayer remain vague and con fused. What is the reason for this assump tion? May not prayer submit to analysis and still retain its mysticism, its emotional content, its intuitional aspect, if these can be shown to be in accord with reality? Our devotional attitude will lose nothing in fervency or In smcerity by clarifying the meaning of prayer. Anything that can throw light on matters of spiritual life is of service to religion. Anything that will help us to a better understanding of what we are doing.
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This class of writings, with few excep tions, is singularly lacking in scientific method. The approach to its themes is not the intellectual approach. It is more the poetic method Of drifting into things by way of meditation. It may be contended that the cold-blooded scrutiny of scientific method or the apparently colorless treat ment Of philosophical reasoning is out of place in a consideration of the subject Of prayer. Prayer is a matter of the heart. It lies in the realm Of feeling, Of mysticism, of intuition. But just so long as such an atti tude is taken just so long must the general thought of prayer remain vague and con fused. What is the reason for this assump tion? May not prayer submit to analysis and still retain its mysticism, its emotional content, its intuitional aspect, if these can be shown to be in accord with reality? Our devotional attitude will lose nothing in fervency or In smcerity by clarifying the meaning of prayer. Anything that can throw light on matters of spiritual life is of service to religion. Anything that will help us to a better understanding of what we are doing.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Carl K. Mahoney
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780260435422
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 126
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Contributors
Author
Carl K. Mahoney
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330072325
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 128
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