Beginning with Abraham’s plea for his son’s life and Jesus’ invocation ‘Our Father’, Isbouts retells the stories behind prayers that empowered men and women to overcome great challenges. He argues that these spiritual experiences have each shaped history in a positive way, both at pivotal moments of political change (such as Constantine’s decree legitimizing Christianity, or Gandhi’s peaceful protest) and through more subtle influences (the prayers of St Francis and Mother Teresa). Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.