PRAYER IN WORLD RELIGIONS

Abstract

Religion, as its etymological origin indicates, is basically a human device to establish and nurture holistic relationships at the vertical as well as horizontal dimensions. Taking the existential nature of the involvement of religions in the life of their followers, it is obvious that nothing can be outside the sphere of their activity. If establishment and maintenance of relationship are central to religion, any religious activity should have its unique characteristic mark in terms of the ability to cater to this central mission.