Bibliography: EKDEJL2W

key	EKDEJL2W
title	Searching for God in Time and Memory : An Examination of Bahá'í Prayer as 'Remembrance'
author	White, Christopher
authority control	Christopher White
item type	Journal article
publication year	1997
date	1997
publication title	The Bahá'í Studies Review
abstract note	The author attempts to describe Bahá'í prayer practices so that Bahá'ís and scholars of religion better understand and interpret these practices. Prayer is a process of "remembering." The author examines ways to understand Bahá'í prayer as remembrance, and how this might help students of Bahá'í worship practices better understand Bahá'í conceptions of God, human nature and the divine-human relationship. Bahá'í prayer is a process of understanding and then overcoming the problematic gap between the human and divine worlds. Obligatory prayers can be understood as a particularly efficacious practice of "re-membering" self, God and divine-human relationship. They are of special significance because they enlist both mind and body in a discipline of remembering.
pages	49-60
volume	7
language	English
manual tags	PRAYER