Prayer as a Practical Resolution to the Question of God’s Autonomy

Theism seemingly produces a bifurcation in the essential character of God, a bifurcation into two moments of God. These two moments correspond to what can be called a “static” and a “dynamic” aspect of God — i.e., a moment of God as external creator of the world, and a moment of God as a continuous and active interference in the world. At first, this bifurcation seems impossible, or at least very difficult. However, it is in the act of Jewish prayer that the bifurcation is both resolved and its significance revealed. This is because in Jewish prayer — perhaps distinct from other forms of prayer — this same bifurcation is expressed in practical form and resolved therein. It is by leaving the realm of pure thought that the seeming difficulty of conceiving of a deity which is at once internal and external is resolved. <a href="https://medium.com/@postliterate/prayer-as-a-practical-resolution-to-the-question-of-gods-autonomy-c26fe8ad1c12">Read More</a>