Publication Date
Fall 2013
Abstract
Many Christian writers and thinkers take up the vexing issue of unanswered prayer and thereby use various rhetorical strategies to address the intersection of pertinent teaching about prayer, and the disjunctive, problematic life experiences concerning the experience of unanswered prayer. Our investigation uses the ancient rhetorical genre of apologia as a lens to better understand the tactics and stances taken up by those who seek to guide members of faith communities toward reconciliation between perceived biblical teaching and actual life experiences concerning unanswered prayer. Our study incorporates an analysis of both the formal and conceptual strategies utilized by rhetors who seek to repair, or account for, breaches in lived-faith and understood teaching by religious communities through investigation of representative contemporary rhetors who address prayer.
Subjects
Communication--Religious aspects; Prayers
Citation: Pilot Scholars Version (Modified MLA Style)
Pierce, Dann L. and Lattin, Bohn D., "Unanswered Prayers: A Study of Apologia for God in the Matter of Prayer" (2013). Communication Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations. 1.
https://pilotscholars.up.edu/cst_facpubs/1
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Information
Communication and Theatre Association of Minnesota Journal, 2013, Volume 40, 32-47.
© 2013 The Authors
Archived version is the final published version.