عنوان

Praying Practices

شماره

LA115710

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Praying Practices

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Joep De Hart, Christine Den Draak, Jacques Janssen, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

There is very little empirical research about prayer. No convincing psychological theory exists, nor agreement about definitions and basic concepts. In the research which we conducted, open-ended questions were used to detect the meaning of prayer for modern youth. A computerized procedure (TexTable) was used to analyse the answers. The results show that the common prayer of youth can be summarized in one sentence, composed of 7 structural elements: 'because of some reason (1. need) I address (2. action) myself to someone or something (3. direction) at a particular moment (4. time), at a particular place (5. place), in a particular way (6. method) to achieve something (7. effect)'. These structural elements and their contents (several needs, various kinds of actions etc.: totalling 45 categories) were analysed for praying-frequency and denomination. The correlations between the structural elements pointed to a rather weak connection between needs, actions and effects. This could be clarified by applying Clifford Geertz' constructionist definition of religion to a definition of prayer. Praying was described as a coping strategy, mostly used to make things acceptable as they are (e.g. death and suffering) but sometimes also as a motivational device or an anticipatory action to change things according to one's wishes (e.g. the praying athlete). There is very little empirical research about prayer. No convincing psychological theory exists, nor agreement about definitions and basic concepts. In the research which we conducted, open-ended questions were used to detect the meaning of prayer for modern youth. A computerized procedure (TexTable) was used to analyse the answers. The results show that the common prayer of youth can be summarized in one sentence, composed of 7 structural elements: 'because of some reason (1. need) I address (2. action) myself to someone or something (3. direction) at a particular moment (4. time), at a particular place (5. place), in a particular way (6. method) to achieve something (7. effect)'. These structural elements and their contents (several needs, various kinds of actions etc.: totalling 45 categories) were analysed for praying-frequency and denomination. The correlations between the structural elements pointed to a rather weak connection between needs, actions and effects. This could be clarified by applying Clifford Geertz' constructionist definition of religion to a definition of prayer. Praying was described as a coping strategy, mostly used to make things acceptable as they are (e.g. death and suffering) but sometimes also as a motivational device or an anticipatory action to change things according to one's wishes (e.g. the praying athlete).

تاريخ نشر

1989

توصيف ظاهري

28-39

عنوان

Journal of Empirical Theology

شماره جلد

2/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-9256

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Christine Den Draak

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jacques Janssen

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Joep De Hart

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157092589X00103

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y