This essay explores the concept of prayer beyond its traditional understanding as a religious act bound to specific times and locations.

Abraham Socher's essay "Is Repentance Possible?" discusses the debate on morality between Aristotelian virtue ethics and the Judeo-Christian obedience to laws and commands, highlighting the different views on the cultivation of inner virtue.

The text explores the concept of repentance and moral conflict through a discussion of Aristotle's ideas on akrasia (weakness of the will) and Alasdair MacIntyre's views on desire, practical reasoning, and narrative ethics.