Conversing with God: Prayer in Erasmus' Pastoral Writing, Vol. 13
In Conversing with God Hilmar M. Pabel examines Erasmus' understanding of prayer and how he taught western Christendom to pray in the Reformation era of the sixteenth century. To this end, Pabel adopts Erasmus' own rhetorical analysis of prayer, understood as a colloquy or conversation with God, and considers: Who is God, the audience of prayer? What sort of person should one be in order to pray? What is the proper object of prayer? With which words should one pray? Underlying this analysis...
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A close reading of Erasmus' (d. 1536) work on prayer and spirituality that analyses how he understood prayer and demonstrates how his publications on prayer form part of the larger pastoral program that was implemented by the printing press. Booknews Pabel (history, Simon Fraser U.) examines Erasmus of Rotterdam's understanding of prayer and how he taught Western Christendom to pray in the Reformation era of the 16th century by using the theologian's own rhetorical analysis of prayer. The author also investigates Erasmus' defense of the in vocation of the saints, examines Erasmus' interpretation of the Lord's Prayer, and analyses the prayer-book "Precationes aliquot novae", published at the end of his life. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3The Principal Elements of Erasmus' Teaching on Prayer21Critique, Reform, and Defence of Prayers to the Saints69Interpreting the Lord's Prayer109Erasmus' Prayer-Book: The Precationes aliquot novae155Conclusion191Notes203Bibliography241Index255
\ BooknewsPabel (history, Simon Fraser U.) examines Erasmus of Rotterdam's understanding of prayer and how he taught Western Christendom to pray in the Reformation era of the 16th century by using the theologian's own rhetorical analysis of prayer. The author also investigates Erasmus' defense of the in vocation of the saints, examines Erasmus' interpretation of the Lord's Prayer, and analyses the prayer-book "Precationes aliquot novae", published at the end of his life. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
