The Commanding Nearness of God
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Divine nearness manifests not only through transcendence but through active partnership between God and humanity, a relationship characterized by mutual vulnerability and shared responsibility. Through analysis of biblical and rabbinic sources, prayer texts, and mystical literature, a nuanced theological language emerges that describes God as intimately involved in creation, suffering alongside human beings, and depending on human actions to fulfill divine purposes. This divine-human partnership primarily manifests in three spheres: environmental stewardship, response to human suffering, and maintenance of hope for redemption. Jewish tradition reveals that God's voluntary self-limitation creates space for human moral agency while rendering the divine vulnerable to human choices and actions. This theological framework unites spiritual meaning with ethical imperative, offering both religious experience and moral responsibility. Understanding God's nearness and participation in human experience provides a theologically grounded response to contemporary challenges such as ecological destruction and human suffering, while maintaining hope for redemptive transformation through divine-human collaboration.

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Published 1999
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Jonathan Wittenberg