How I Pray

Religion writer Jim Castelli set out to answer these profound questions by talking with twenty-six spiritual leaders and practitioners representing the wide spectrum of faith in America today. How I Pray gathersthese remarkable conversations into a thought-provoking, personal, and deeply meaningful volume.

In How I Pray Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, Native Americans and Mormons, and members ofmany other faiths describe the intimate and unique ways in which they pray — and what prayer means to them. Catholic priest and novelist Andrew M. Greeley reveals that he prays to a womanly God because it enhances theintimacy of his spiritual encounters. Pollster George Gallup, Jr., considers his prayer life a dynamic two-way conversation with God. Lakota Sioux medicine man High Star shares the fascinating prayer rituals that hispeople have practiced for centuries.

Infused with honesty and passion, warmth, and a deep reverence for life's spirituality, How I Pray is sure to be a source of illumination and delight for readers ofall religious backgrounds.

An exploration of spirituality considers the meaning of prayer in a number of cultures and religions--Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Native Americans, Mormons--and shares the intimate prayer habits of personalities as diverse as Billy Graham and Norman Lear. Original.

Praying and pray-ers — Philip C. Bom (Presbyterian) — Sidney Callahan (Catholic) — Joan Brown Campbell (American Baptist and Christian Church [Disciples of Christ]) — Sandra Goodwin Clopine (Assemblies of God) — Richard J. Foster (Society of Friends) — George Gallup, Jr. (Episcopalian) — Ann Garvin (Methodist) — Rajshri Gopal (Hindu) — Billy Graham (Baptist) — Andrew M. Greeley (Catholic) — High Star (Lakota Sioux) — Lawrence Kushner (Jewish) — Norman Lear (No affiliation) — John Lewis (Baptist) — Martin E. Marty (Lutheran) — Carole Mu'min (Muslim) — Ronald Y. Nakasone (Buddhist) — Marlene Payne (Mormon) — Jane Redmont (Catholic) — Mary Frances Robles (Catholic) — Eve Rudin (Jewish) — Robert Schuller (Reformed Church of America) — Dan Seals (Baha'i) — Eleana Silk (Orthodox) — Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. (Catholic) — Lisa Wood (Episcopalian) — Similarities of prayer.