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Prayer
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For other uses, see
Prayer (disambiguation).
Mary Magdalene by
Ary Scheffer (1795?1858).
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a
volitional rapport to a
god or
spirit through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When
language is used, prayer may take the form of a
hymn,
incantation, formal
creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and
worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a
deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting
guidance, requesting assistance, confessing
sins or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others.
Most major
religions involve prayer in one way or another. Some ritualize the act of prayer, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a restriction on who is permitted to pray, while others teach that prayer may be practiced spontaneously by anyone at any time.
Scientific studies regarding the use of prayer have mostly concentrated on its effect on the healing of sick or injured people. The efficacy of petition in prayer for physical healing to a deity has been evaluated in numerous studies, with contradictory results. There has been some criticism of the way the studies were conducted.
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