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Sunday Sequence: What's the point of prayer?

14/01/2024

What's the point of prayer?

BBC Radio Ulster - Sunday Sequence, What's the point of prayer?

Millions of people pray on a daily basis but what value does it have? 

Is praying good for the soul or simply an exercise in mindfulness and meditation? 

What is the point of prayer? Millions around the world pray every day. For their own personal needs, for the global good. They pray that climate change will stop, they pray for a stop to the war in Gaza and Ukraine. They pray that their loved one will heal from illness.
Does the singular prayer carry more weight than the millions praying for world peace?
Are there health benefits from praying - can it be compared to mindfulness or meditation?
Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with three theologians - Professor Tina Beattie, Dr Elaine Storkey and Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick. 

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