Religion and the Decline of MagicReligion & the Decline of Magic is Keith Thomas's classic history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society in the 16th and 17th centuries and how these beliefs were a part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time. It is not only a major historical and religious work, but a thoroughly enjoyable book filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today- the belief in the supernatural that still continues in the modern world. |
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Page 115
... prayer was thus a routine procedure , for which divines were very ready to suggest appropriate formulae . In A Method of Prayer ( 1710 ) the Dissenter , Matthew Henry , offered a comprehensive repertory , typical of many such ...
... prayer was thus a routine procedure , for which divines were very ready to suggest appropriate formulae . In A Method of Prayer ( 1710 ) the Dissenter , Matthew Henry , offered a comprehensive repertory , typical of many such ...
Page 116
... prayer ' might have been cited , remarked his biographer , but these were more than sufficient to demonstrate that the Lord was ' a prayer - hearing God'.1 But no one claimed that prayer was automatically efficacious in every context ...
... prayer ' might have been cited , remarked his biographer , but these were more than sufficient to demonstrate that the Lord was ' a prayer - hearing God'.1 But no one claimed that prayer was automatically efficacious in every context ...
Page 117
... prayer could serve their purpose without drawing on this simple explanatory device . There was non - petitionary prayer , when the Christian worshipped and gave thanks , strengthening his own piety and devotion in the process . There ...
... prayer could serve their purpose without drawing on this simple explanatory device . There was non - petitionary prayer , when the Christian worshipped and gave thanks , strengthening his own piety and devotion in the process . There ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
RELIGION | 4 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 25 |
Copyright | |
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