{"product_id":"compelling-god-9781487501983","title":"Compelling God","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stephanie Clark presents the first sustained study to focus directly on prayer in early England, and with stunning success.\" -- Brandon W. Hawk, Rhode Island College * \u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling God presents an original approach to investigating early English religious practices and devotional attitudes, a model worthy of imitation by scholar and student alike. Stephanie Clark makes a significant contribution to medieval studies and religious studies by treating what the early English authors taught about prayer, what it does, and how it works seriously on their own terms.\" -- Miranda Wilcox, Brigham Young University * \u003cem\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume offers a valuable and nuanced account of the Anglo-Saxon period to those working on histories of prayer, the gift, selfhood, and spirituality in other literatures and traditions.\" -- Helen Appleton, University of Oxford * \u003cem\u003eEarly Medieval Europe\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The strength of Clark’s book consists in showing that Anglo-Saxon prayer theory cannot be assumed to be the same as that of later periods. She carefully works out the differences in prayer theory between Bede, Asser, Alfred, and Aelfric.\" -- Gernot R. Wieland, University of British Columbia * \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ntroduction Chapter 1: The Anglo-Saxon Inheritance Chapter 2: Gratiam pro gratia: Bede on Prayer Chapter 3: Does Prayer Work? The Prayers of King Alfred Chapter 4: Aelfric and the Community of Prayer Conclusion Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409138557271,"sku":"9781487501983","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487501983.jpg?v=1730505580","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/compelling-god-9781487501983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}