Georgetown University, Washington, D.C..
J Relig Health. 1995 Jun;34(2):141-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02248770.
Recent medical studies documenting the influence of prayer in our physical lives challenge mainstream Christians to rethink their ideas and practice of prayer. A new model of prayer questions dysfunctional images of prayer based on 1) the doctrine of divine omnipotence, 2) the rewards-punishments notion of health and illness, and 3) linear notions of the power of prayer. Relational, holistic, and multidimensional images of God, human existence, and the effects of prayer provide the basis for a constructive theology of prayer. Ironically, the fact that prayer is not omnipotent makes it possible to practice prayer in a technological context.
最近的医学研究记录了祈祷对我们物质生活的影响，这挑战了主流基督教徒重新思考他们的祈祷理念和实践。一种新的祈祷模式对基于以下三种观念的功能失调的祈祷模式提出了质疑：1）神全能的教义；2）健康和疾病的奖惩观念；3）线性的祈祷力量观念。关于上帝、人类存在和祈祷效果的关系论、整体论和多维论的形象为祈祷的建设性神学提供了基础。具有讽刺意味的是，祈祷不是万能的这一事实使得在技术背景下实践祈祷成为可能。
