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Prayer in the Gospels
A Theological Exegesis of the Ideal Pray-er
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 114
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In Prayer in the Gospels Mathias Nygaard offers a new reading of the prayer materials of the Gospels. The main focus is the theological anthropology of the prayer texts. This aspect is described through a text-centered analysis of the âideal pray-erâ, one aspect of the implied audiences. An emphasis on the responses elicited by the material in question gives religious experience a central role in the theological discussion. Nygaard argues that in the Gospels humans are defined by the gifts bestowed in Jesus Christ, and through the dialogical reception of those gifts in prayer. The result is a kenotic and irreducible understanding of a 'self' defined from without, as appropriate to the âlogic of the crossâ and the eschatology of the texts.
Mathias Nygaard, PhD (2010), University of Aberdeen, is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Fjellhaug International University College, Norway. He is also engaged in lecturing and religious dialogue in Asia.
Theologically interested biblical exegetes and exegetically interested theologians, graduate students in practical theology/spirituality, and religious professionals. In a general sense also those interested in the religious function of texts.