Religious Interpretation

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This paper discusses the view that religion can be adapted to the needs of the contemporary man and that prayer can serve his own personal and collective desires. It discusses this, particularly in the context of a church's call to prayer for the success of a hockey team 2006. The paper analyzes the positive and negative aspects of this use of prayer.

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"The world is in a constant change and the society at large is experiencing massive drifts from its original system of values. The appeal to engage in a religious act, that of praying, for attaining a goal that is not essential to achieving moral justice or having a lofty aim is, in some views, an involution of the social order caused especially by globalization. According to some authors, the internationalization beyond any traditional borders of exchanges and activities has led, aside from an increase in the percentage of the poor population, to a lack of moral coherence and a devalorization of the traditional religious percepts. This could be the explanation for the use of a Christian call for a rather unimportant event, should the winning of such a coveted title be seen from the perspective of Christian moral criteria."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Davey, Andrew. Urban Christianity and Global Order: Theological Resources for an Urban Future. Peabody, Massachussetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002.
• Gornik, Mark R. To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002.
• Orsi, Robert A. Gods of the City: Religion and the American Urban Landscape: Religion in North America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
• The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testament. Nashville, TN: The Southwestern Company, 1962. Paul to Thessalonians 5:17

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