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Prayer in primitive religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Richard C. McEwen  and
Herschel E. Aseltine
Richard C. McEwen
Affiliation:
Robert Morris College, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Herschel E. Aseltine
Affiliation:
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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The aim of this paper is to examine the several aspects of prayer in primitive, i.e. nonliterate religions. The contention is that prayer does in fact exist among primitive people in their religious practices and that prayer does have a functional aspect in primitive religion.

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Religious Studies , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 99 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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