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Compelling God : theories of prayer in Anglo-Saxon England /

"While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern scholarship on historic methods of prayer particularly concerning Anglo-Saxon spir...

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Main Authors: Clark, Stephanie, 1975- (Author)
Published: University of Toronto Press,
Publisher Address: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 26
Subjects:
Bede, > the Venerable, Saint, > 673-735.
Alfred, > King of England, > 849-899.
Aelfric, > Abbot of Eynsham.
Bède, > le Vénérable, saint, > 673-735.
Alfred, > roi d'Angleterre, > 849-899.
Aelfric, > abbé de Eynsham.
To 1500
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > England > History and criticism.
Prayer > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Prayers, Early Christian.
Prayer in literature.
Spirituality in literature.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne > Angleterre > Histoire et critique.
Prière > Christianisme > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Prières chrétiennes primitives.
Prière dans la littérature.
Spiritualité dans la littérature.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
English literature > Old English.
Prayer > Christianity.
Altenglisch
Christliche Literatur
Gebet
Gebet > Motiv
Prayer > History > History > To 1500.
18.05 English literature.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Summary: "While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern scholarship on historic methods of prayer particularly concerning Anglo-Saxon spirituality. In Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England. Clark's analysis of the works of Bede, Ælfric, and Alfred utilizes anthropologic and economic theories of exchange in order to reveal the ritualized, gift-giving relationship with God that Anglo-Saxon prayer espoused. Anglo-Saxon prayer therefore should be considered not merely within the usual context of contemplation, rumination, and meditation but also within the context of gift exchange, offering, and sacrifice. Compelling God allows us to see how practices of prayer were at the centre of social connections through which Anglo-Saxons conceptualized a sense of their own personal and communal identity."--
Item Description: Donation.
Carrier Form: x, 318 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.
ISBN: 9781487501983
1487501986
Index Number: PR179
CLC: I561.063
Call Number: I561.063/C595
Contents: The Anglo-Saxon inheritance -- Gratiam pro gratia : Bede on prayer -- Does prayer work? The prayers of King Alfred -- Ælfric and the community of prayer.

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