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Prayer

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of giving thanks or praise, and in comparative religion…

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Abrahamic religions

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Eastern religions

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Act of prayer

Origins and early history

Approaches to prayer

Abrahamic religions

Eastern religions

New religious movements

Prayer healing

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Prayer

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Triples401
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Further reading · 51
Prayer → Alphonsus, Bellarmine, Benziger Brothers, Burns, Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic Religion, Chapter, Chapter XXX, Charles, Christ, Christian, Colloquy, Complete Catechism, Death, Deharbe, Dying Well, Eleventh Sunday, Fauss, Horstius, III
related to Islam · 22
Prayer → Al-Fatiha, Allāhu Akbar, Arabic, Certain Shi'a, During, God, God's, Great, Hadith, Islam, It, Kaaba, Mecca, Muslim, Muslims, Once, Peace, Qur'an, Shi'a Islam, The
related to Eastern religions · 21
Prayer → Aitareya Brahmana, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhist Dhāraṇī, Buddhists, Gayatri Mantra, Hindu, Hinduism, However, In, Jesus, Many, Maṇipadma, Most, Om, Pavamana Mantra, Savitr, Soma Pavamana, The, Vedas
related to Hinduism · 20
Prayer → Again, Brahma, God, God Brahman, Hinduism, Hindus, Indeed, India, Krishna, Rama, Ritual, Sanskrit, Shiva, These, Typically, Vedas, Vedic, Vishnu, Vishnu's, While
related to Christianity · 19
Prayer → Agpeya, Anglican Book, Apostolic Tradition, Breviaries, Christ's Passion, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Common Prayer, Hippolytus, In, Jesus, Lord's Prayer, Matthew, Oriental Orthodox Christians, Shehimo, The, The Lord's Prayer, They
related to Rationalist approach · 19
Prayer → Abrahamic, Allah, Among, Aristotle, Christian, First, God, Hasidic Judaism, Hellenistic, In, Islam, Islamic, It, Jesus, Jewish, Maimonides, Orthodox Christianity, This, Thus
related to Educational approach · 18
Prayer → Among Christian, Among Jews, Artscroll Siddur, Book, Bounds, Common Prayer, In, Joseph, Joseph Albo, Rabbenu Bachya, Rabbi Nosson Scherman, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, Rather, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Soloveitchik, The Necessity, This, XIII
related to Hebrew Bible · 18
Prayer → Bible, Bible's, Deuteronomy, God, Hannah, Hebrew Bible, Hezekiah, In, Individual, Isaac, Jews, Job, Many, Moses, Samuel, Standardized, Tanakh, The
related to Sikhism · 18
Prayer → Akal Purakh, Arazdashat, Ardas, Ardās, Banis, God, Guru Gobind Singh, In Sikhism, Paath, Persian, Punjabi, Sikh, Sikh Guru, The, The Ardas, The Ardās, Waheguru, When
related to Judaism · 14
Prayer → Communal, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Ma'ariv, Mincha, Musaf, Observant Jews, Orthodox Judaism, Shabbat, Shacharit, The, There, Torah

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Prayeris ainvocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication0.90text
Prayeris aevolving means of interacting with God0.90text
Prayeris amodel for prayers of adoration0.90text
Prayeris aspiritualization of thought or an understanding of God and of the nature of the underlying spiritual creation0.90text
Prayeris amindful activity0.90text
Prayeris aplea to God to support and help the devotee with whatever he or she is about to undertake or has done.The Ardas is usually always done standing up with folded hands0.90text
Prayeris aappeal to Waheguru for his protection and care0.90text
Sir Edward Burnett Tylorinstance ofby anthropologists0.80text
Sir James George Frazer.Reliable records are available for the polytheistic religions of the Iron Ageinstance ofby anthropologists0.80text
most notably Ancient Greek religioninstance ofby anthropologists0.80text
which strongly influenced Roman religioninstance ofby anthropologists0.80text
connection to countryinstance ofcultural values0.80text

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