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The 43 pages that link to Prayer, each with the reason it gives.
MeditationCompared with: Prayer may include meditation, but often involves petition, praise, or dialogue.
Divine providenceRelated: Petitionary prayer presumes that God can respond within the course of events.
MysticismRelated: Contemplative prayer is a central route to divine communion in many mystical traditions.
ReligionRelated: Prayer makes religious devotion an individual or collective practice.
SacrificeCompared with: Prayer can seek divine attention without presenting or transforming a material offering.
LiturgyRelated: Prayers supply words and forms that congregations repeat within worship.
GlossolaliaRelated: Prayer may use ordinary language, whereas glossolalia is characterized by speech-like utterance.
Grace in ChristianityRelated: Prayer is often treated as a response to grace and a practice sustained by it.
MagicCompared with: Prayer often petitions a divine agent, unlike magical techniques understood as directly effective.
WorshipRelated: Prayer is one of worship’s most widespread forms, practiced privately and in gatherings.
Laying on of handsRelated: Prayer frequently accompanies the gesture, especially in healing and commissioning.
Process theologyRelated: A responsive God makes prayer meaningful as a relationship that can affect divine experience.
Spiritual directionNarrower topic: Prayer is often the central experience explored in direction.
LentRelated: Lent often intensifies prayer as a practice of reflection and spiritual preparation.
Discernment of spiritsNarrower topic: Discernment is commonly practiced within prayer rather than as detached self-analysis.
JapaNarrower topic: Japa is a repeated verbal or mental practice that can function as prayer.
LamentNarrower topic: Many religious laments are prayers addressed directly to God.
Philosophy of religionRelated: Its purpose and apparent effects raise questions about divine action and religious practice.
ExorcismRelated: Invocations and petitions are common means of seeking protection or expulsion.
GodRelated: Prayer is a common way believers address God.
Votive offeringRelated: An offering can accompany a request or make gratitude materially visible.
ContemplationNarrower topic: Contemplative prayer is one major form of sustained spiritual attention.
Religious beliefBroader topic: Prayer gives belief a direct form of address or contemplation.
ThanksgivingRelated: Some Thanksgiving observances express gratitude through prayer or worship.
Faith healingNarrower topic: Prayer is broader than healing practice and may serve purposes unrelated to illness.
New ThoughtRelated: New Thought often recasts prayer as disciplined alignment with spiritual law and truth.
Religious ritualRelated: Prayer may be a spoken, silent, or embodied component of prescribed ritual sequences.
Lord's PrayerNarrower topic: The Lord's Prayer is a concise, shared Christian form of prayer.
PenanceRelated: Prayer is a common penitential discipline and expression of renewed devotion.
SpiritualityBroader topic: Prayer gives many forms of spirituality a personal or communal mode of relation.
A Love SupremeRelated: Coltrane framed the album as an offering of gratitude and praise.
Book of SirachRelated: Sirach combines practical instruction with prayers of praise and supplication.
Venial sinRelated: Prayer is one means Catholic teaching associates with forgiveness of venial sins.
Andrea BocelliRelated: The duet showcases his crossover approach alongside a prominent pop vocalist.
God (monotheism)Related: Prayer is a direct form of relationship with God across monotheistic traditions.
KneelingRelated: Kneeling is a bodily posture used in prayer in several religious traditions.
Religious fastingRelated: Many traditions pair fasting with prayer to direct restraint toward devotion.
Religious ScienceCompared with: Religious Science’s treatment differs from petitionary prayer by affirming a spiritual truth as already operative.
Religious textRelated: Religious texts provide prayers for personal devotion and shared worship.
Spiritual practiceRelated: Prayer gives spiritual practice a relational form through address, listening, or petition.
Mystical or religious experienceRelated: Prayer can frame inward or relational experiences as encounters with the divine.
Place of worshipRelated: Prayer is among the practices that bring individuals and congregations to sacred spaces.
White magicCompared with: Religious traditions often distinguish petitionary prayer from attempts to control supernatural forces.