Approaching Prayer
December 31, 2009
Americans are religious and non-religious, devout and irreverent. But in astonishing numbers, across that spectrum, most of us say that we pray. We explore the subject of prayer, how it sounds, and what it means in three different traditions and lives.
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Top left, clockwise: A Hindu Holy man offers prayer at a temple in India. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images); Bikers pray during mass given by Christian Riders Ministry in Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images); A Palestinian greenhouse worker bows in prayer during a break. (David Furst/AFP/Getty Images); and feminist Muslim author Asra Nomani prays with other women during a rare mixed gender, woman-led prayer service in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
