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  • 6 - Worship as Real Union

  • from Part II - What Is Worship?
  • Edited by Aaron Segal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Samuel Lebens, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book:
    The Philosophy of Worship
    Published online:
    09 January 2025
    Print publication:
    23 January 2025, pp 93-116

  • Summary

    In this chapter, I argue for an account of worship as real union. To worship the Divine is to participate in the goodness of God, in an ontological way. But how can we really participate in God? The answer depends on the coherence of an important distinction between the essence and divine energies of God. We cannot participate in the essence of God, otherwise the distinction between creature and creator breaks down. Rather, we participate in the divine energies of God. Although there is a difference between the divine essence and the divine energies, the divine energies are not something distinct from God. God interacts with us and reveals himself to us through the divine energies. The divine energies are the activities of God that can penetrate our inner being and change us from potentially being good to actually being good. Thus, worship, in the proper and strict sense, divinizes us.