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This book analyses early Christian texts on prayer. These texts provide a rich perspective on the formation of Christian identity in the early church. The primary sources investigated are the four earliest known treatises on prayer in Christian history, written by Clement, Origen, Tertullian and Cyprian in the beginning of the third century. Prayer and identity have both individual and collective expressions, and theological treatises reveal an interplay between these phenomena. The book examines the relational character of Christian prayer: how prayer establishes a relationship between the individual and God; how other social relations are reinforced by prayer in direct and indirect ways; and how individual Christians are connected to their own self in prayer.



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Christian prayer – Identity formation – Self-formation – Relations – Early Christianity – Early Church – Patristics – Spirituality - Theology

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 31/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9783631670934, 978-3631670934
      ISBN10: 3631670931

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book analyses early Christian texts on prayer. These texts provide a rich perspective on the formation of Christian identity in the early church. The primary sources investigated are the four earliest known treatises on prayer in Christian history, written by Clement, Origen, Tertullian and Cyprian in the beginning of the third century. Prayer and identity have both individual and collective expressions, and theological treatises reveal an interplay between these phenomena. The book examines the relational character of Christian prayer: how prayer establishes a relationship between the individual and God; how other social relations are reinforced by prayer in direct and indirect ways; and how individual Christians are connected to their own self in prayer.



      Table of Contents

      Christian prayer – Identity formation – Self-formation – Relations – Early Christianity – Early Church – Patristics – Spirituality - Theology

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