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Abiding in Amen: Prayer in a Secular Age
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Wes Ellis's 'Abiding in Amen: Prayer in a Secular Age' examines why prayer often feels impossible in contemporary culture shaped by achievement, control, and digital distraction.
Combining pastoral experience with theological resources, Ellis contends that modern tendencies to treat prayer as performance obscure its character as God's initiative toward humans.
He proposes a shift toward abiding, waiting, and saying 'amen' as genuine surrender, offering practical reflections to reclaim interiority and receptive practices.
The book dialogues with thinkers such as Charles Taylor, Hartmut Rosa, Henri Nouwen, and cultural examples to show how secularization has reframed spiritual life.
Designed to be brief and accessible, it aims to reduce prayer-related guilt and invite readers into a posture of receptivity and trust.
Combining pastoral experience with theological resources, Ellis contends that modern tendencies to treat prayer as performance obscure its character as God's initiative toward humans.
He proposes a shift toward abiding, waiting, and saying 'amen' as genuine surrender, offering practical reflections to reclaim interiority and receptive practices.
The book dialogues with thinkers such as Charles Taylor, Hartmut Rosa, Henri Nouwen, and cultural examples to show how secularization has reframed spiritual life.
Designed to be brief and accessible, it aims to reduce prayer-related guilt and invite readers into a posture of receptivity and trust.
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