resources on prayer studies

[Matt]

I am currently reading "Questions of Truth" by John Polkinghorne and
Nicholas Beale. It does a very good job of arguing for religion (or
more specifically, Christianity) from a scientific perspective. It
also contains many rebuttals to Richard Dawkins' book, "The God
Delusion".

One issue that particularly disturbed me about the latter book (which
I never finished) was Dawkins' use of various prayer studies as
evidence that prayer was/is completely ineffective in achieving any
goal. Polkinghorne and Beale briefly touch on this subject in the
last chapter of the main text of their book, "Questions of Truth".
However, that is not really what the book is about and the two of them
do not seem to focus as heavily on social science questions anyways.

**I was wondering where I could find a useful, well-thought-out
resource on the various prayer studies and their implications from a
Christian perspective.**

After all, it was Dawkins discussion of prayer studies that I found to
be the most disturbing aspect of his book.

Best Regards,

Matt

[n***@sciteb.com]

I am currently reading "Questions of Truth" by JohnPolkinghorneand
Nicholas Beale. =A0It does a very good job of arguing for religion (or
more specifically, Christianity) from a scientific perspective. =A0It
also contains many rebuttals to Richard Dawkins' book, "The God
Delusion".

...

**I was wondering where I could find a useful, well-thought-out
resource on the various prayer studies and their implications from a
Christian perspective.**
After all, it was Dawkins discussion of prayer studies that I found to
be the most disturbing aspect of his book.

...

Thanks - glad you are enjoying QoT. There is quite good discussion of
prayer studies in "The Spiritual Brain".
Nicholas Beale