Praying by Hand, Praying with Beads: A Universal Form of Prayer

Praying by Hand, Praying with Beads presents the "what," "why," and "how" of beaded prayer in the different traditions of Christian faith and in three of the world's other major religions. It also aims to strengthen, enrich, or motivate one's present practice by increasing awareness that around the world, beads are a helpful instrument in prayer. This devotional landscape, associated mostly in the Christian religion with the Catholic rosary, is now changing remarkably. Various forms of pray...