Download or read book Prayer and the Common Life written by Georgia Harkness and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Prayer and the Common Life, theologian Georgia Harkness argues that in response to the troubles of the world around us - one that is consumed with materialism, constantly at war, and filled with social injustices of all kinds - what is most needed is a revitalization of "vital, God-centered, intelligently grounded" prayer. Instead of prayer that merely insulates one from the world, Harkness advocates prayer that "makes a difference in the common life" - that is, prayer that transforms both the person praying and the world for which he or she prays.