prayer

Also known as praying, pray

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Commons category: Prayer
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Contents

Etymology
Act of prayer
Origins and early history
Aboriginal Australians
North America
Approaches to prayer
Direct petitions
Educational approach
Rationalist approach
Experiential approach
Abrahamic religions
Hebrew Bible
New Testament
Judaism
Rationalist approach
Educational approach
Kabbalistic approach
Christianity
Pentecostalism
Christian Science
Islam
Mandaeism
Baháʼí Faith
Eastern religions
Buddhism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Zoroastrianism
New religious movements
Prayer healing
Efficacy of prayer healing
Prevalence of prayer for health
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

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Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of giving thanks or praise, and in comparative religion is closely associated with more abstract forms of meditation and with charms or spells.