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God Has No Religion: Blending Traditions For Prayer
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September 2, 2009
I am sorely disappointed w/ this book. It lacks content for starters. It should be retitled " A Book of Prayers", because that's really what it is.
Chapter 1: "Prayers and Praying in the 21st Century What Where, How, and to whom we pray" is just barely over 2 pages. Really?, the author could only find 2 pages of info to report? I could think of a much thicker chapter and i'm not even a scholar on the subject.
Chapter 2 talks about practices of prayer, and the tools we use. Again, lack of content..the author only touched on 7 types of "prayer" and those descriptions are sometimes only sentences long. What about the history of the form of prayer? What about all the types of prayer from each culture? Thought I would be learning about how they pray aroudn the world...nope. Then, still in chp. 2. the author describes "prayerware" the tools used in prayer. The obvious is mentioned, prayerbeads/rosary, then only does she lightly describe 3 other tools, then a brief 3 sentence paragraph lumping a few other "tools" into the chapter.
Chapter 3, entitled "The Amen Corner" = greetings and goodbyes of prayer basically. ok, so 20 ways to open and close a prayer...i'm sure there are more.
After 15 pages of actual content, where the author is writing in her own words, the rest of the book (207 pages) are prayers, basically other people's words.
Now I get the fact, that the author says to understand another religion is to say it's prayers...but also knowing about the religions diverse culture and maybe beginnings would also be useful.
Teh title "god has no religion" would have a reader thinking the author is going to go into deep talk about how cultures are basically all praying to the same god, or that all religion is one. nope, the author does no deep talking here. in fact, if you get more than 10 sentences out of her pertaining to 1 subject then that's a miracle.
Chapter 1: "Prayers and Praying in the 21st Century What Where, How, and to whom we pray" is just barely over 2 pages. Really?, the author could only find 2 pages of info to report? I could think of a much thicker chapter and i'm not even a scholar on the subject.
Chapter 2 talks about practices of prayer, and the tools we use. Again, lack of content..the author only touched on 7 types of "prayer" and those descriptions are sometimes only sentences long. What about the history of the form of prayer? What about all the types of prayer from each culture? Thought I would be learning about how they pray aroudn the world...nope. Then, still in chp. 2. the author describes "prayerware" the tools used in prayer. The obvious is mentioned, prayerbeads/rosary, then only does she lightly describe 3 other tools, then a brief 3 sentence paragraph lumping a few other "tools" into the chapter.
Chapter 3, entitled "The Amen Corner" = greetings and goodbyes of prayer basically. ok, so 20 ways to open and close a prayer...i'm sure there are more.
After 15 pages of actual content, where the author is writing in her own words, the rest of the book (207 pages) are prayers, basically other people's words.
Now I get the fact, that the author says to understand another religion is to say it's prayers...but also knowing about the religions diverse culture and maybe beginnings would also be useful.
Teh title "god has no religion" would have a reader thinking the author is going to go into deep talk about how cultures are basically all praying to the same god, or that all religion is one. nope, the author does no deep talking here. in fact, if you get more than 10 sentences out of her pertaining to 1 subject then that's a miracle.
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November 20, 2008
bought to write Theda's 'welcome to the world' ceremony. good reference book for writing liturgy for all occasions
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"Half of all Americans under thirty think the best religion is one that borrows from all religions. This remarkable collection of prayers will help them do just that. This fresh selection of prayers urges you to blend religions, methods, and prayerware (tools used to assist us in prayer). Drawn from such diverse sources as Mother Teresa, the Holy Qur'an, Gandhi, and Native American traditions, each prayer was chosen for its depth and practicality.
Each prayer's tradition and origin is highlighted, as well as options on how to tailor it to your own personal preferences."
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"Half of all Americans under thirty think the best religion is one that borrows from all religions. This remarkable collection of prayers will help them do just that. This fresh selection of prayers urges you to blend religions, methods, and prayerware (tools used to assist us in prayer). Drawn from such diverse sources as Mother Teresa, the Holy Qur'an, Gandhi, and Native American traditions, each prayer was chosen for its depth and practicality.
Each prayer's tradition and origin is highlighted, as well as options on how to tailor it to your own personal preferences."
May 10, 2010
I found this book while on a weekend retreat. I was feeling smothered by the overwhelmingly evangelical Christocentric atmosphere. Finding a book of prayers from all religious traditions was a breath of fresh air. It "saved" the weekend.
June 4, 2009
This is an excellent collection of prayers from many faith traditions.
August 9, 2016
A book of collected prayers from various religious sects. Part of my Lenten reading.
April 20, 2015
I absolutely love this collection of prayers. Crosses all peoples, traditions and beliefs. Whether you are devote to your faith or a bit of a wanderer and eclectic this is inspiring.
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