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In Silence
Why We Pray
2004
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4.16
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272
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A thought-provoking study of the most intimate form of spiritual communication explores the diverse forms and types of prayer—dialogue, petition, forgiveness, suffering, and others—as well as the role of prayer in the world's great religions. Reprint.
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Author

Donald Spoto
Donald Spoto
Author · 27 books
A prolific and respected biographer and theologian, Donald Spoto is the author of twenty published books, among them bestselling biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and Ingrid Bergman. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Donald Spoto earned his Ph.D. in theology at Fordham University. After years as a theology professor, he turned to fulltime writing. The Hidden Jesus: A New Life, published in 1999, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "offering a mature faith fit for the new millennium." His successful biography of Saint Francis was published in 2002.
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