Prayer as Inner Sense Cultivation: An Attentional Learning Theory of Spiritual Experience

Ethos

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-389

  Luhrmann, T M ^a   Morgain, Rachel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christianity; Evangelical congregations; Imagery; Inner experience; Prayer; Spiritual experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868333104     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2012.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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