Praying with the Grain

How your personality affects the way you pray

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Why do so many struggle to pray? Dr Pablo Martinez, a medical doctor and psychotherapist, suggests that our basic personality type strongly affects how we pray, and what we pray about. Extroverts may struggle to develop a regular prayer life; introverts will be more likely to set time apart. Thinking types find prayer more satisfactory if accompanied by pen and paper; feeling types may long for intimacy with God; intuitive types tend to be innovators and visionaries, and may have a more mystical bent; sensation types often have a particular capacity for spontaneous prayer; and so on. The purpose of this book is to help us understand, and work with, our own spiritual path.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-01-20
Mått:130 x 198 x 14 mm
Vikt:198 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:SPCK Publishing
ISBN:9780857211521

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, Pablo Martinez works at aChristian hospital in Barcelona. He has also developed a wide ministry as lecturer and counsellor. A former President of the Spanish GBU (the equivalent of the UCCF), he is still deeply involved with student ministry. He is a former Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Spanish Theological Seminary, and has spoken several times at Spring Harvest.

Recensioner i media

`A profound, practical and personal book in which the skill of the psychiatrist and the gentleness of the pastor are combined … I cannot imagine any reader failing to be helped by it, as I have been myself.’

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAbout the Author 6Foreword by John Stott 7Introduction to the First Edition 9Introduction to the Revised Edition 11Part 1: The Psychology of Prayer1. Different Prayers for Different People Prayer in relation to temperament 142. Overcoming Difficulties Emotional problems and prayer 473. The Therapeutic Value of Prayer Prayer – a love relationship 91Questions and AnswersThe most frequently asked questions on prayer 125Part 2: The Apologetics of Prayer4. Prayer: Psychological Illusion? 134A psychiatrist’s viewpoint5. Are All Prayers Alike?Christian prayer and Eastern meditation 154Notes 171