false <![CDATA[An African Prayer Book]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342355m/165813.jpg 165813 3 <p>Prayer, our conversation with God, needs no set formulas or flowery phrases. It often needs no words at all. But for most believers, the words of others can be a wonderful aid to devotion, especially when these words come from faithful fellow pilgrims.<br><br><i>An African Prayer Book</i> is just such an aid, for in this collection all the spiritual riches of the vast and varied continent of Africa are bravely set forth. Here we overhear the simple prayer of the penniless Bushman, the words of some of the greatest Church fathers (Augustine and Athanasius), petitioning and jubilant voices from South Africa&#8217;s struggle for freedom, and even prayers from the Africa diasporas of North America and the Caribbean. Here are Jesus&#8217;s own encounters with Africa, which provided him refuge at the beginning of his life (from the murderous King Herod) and aid at its end (in the person of Simon of Cyrene, who helped Jesus carry his cross). From thunderous multi-invocation litanies to quiet meditations, here are prayers every heart can speak with strength and confidence.</p> 160103 1995 An African Prayer Book total:13|5:5|4:5|3:3| 13 54 28 1 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 09 13:34:12 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 23 20:58:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 13:05:10 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 13:05:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 22:28:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 22:28:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 11:16:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 11:16:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri May 15 23:05:33 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 23:06:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 15 11:55:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 11:55:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 15:15:07 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:15:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 14:59:13 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 14:59:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 06 18:08:55 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:08:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 15 11:10:46 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 11:11:09 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 02 09:36:37 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 09:36:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 15 15:17:56 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 15:17:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 08 15:46:28 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:46:28 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 17 08:14:58 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 08:14:58 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 17 05:44:52 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 05:44:52 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 20 14:39:47 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 20:34:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 20 16:38:15 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:38:18 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 15 22:46:29 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 22:46:29 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jan 09 19:05:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 19:05:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Nov 15 13:23:27 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 13:23:27 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165813