The Phenomenology and Psychological Correlates of Verbal Prayer
Journal of Psychology and Theology December 1, 1991 Douglas G. Richards 56 citations
In the process of Christian verbal prayer there are two basic categories: petitionary prayer and prayer of relationship. In contrast to the stereotype of most prayer as petitionary, in this study of 345 subjects, members of a non-denominational program called A Search For God, prayer of relationship made up a substantial part of the typical prayers of both those who identified themselves as...