Human Agency And Divine Will

Author : Charlotte Katzoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000089172

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This book explores the conjuncture of human agency and divine volition in the biblical narrative – sometimes referred to as "double causality." A commonly held view has it that the biblical narrative shows human action to be determined by divine will. Yet, when reading the biblical narrative we are inclined to hold the actors accountable for their deeds. The book, then, challenges the common assumptions about the sweeping nature of divine causality in the biblical narrative and seeks to do justice to the roles played by the human actors in the drama. God's causing a person to act in a particular way, as He does when He hardens Pharaoh's heart, is the exception rather than the rule. On the whole, the biblical heroes act on their own; their personal initiatives and strivings are what move the story forward. How does it happen, then, that events, remarkably, conspire to realize God’s plan? The study enlists concepts and theories developed within the framework of contemporary analytic philosophy, featured against the background of classical and contemporary bible commentary. In addressing the biblical narrative through these perspectives, this book holds appeal for scholars of a variety of disciplines – bible studies, philosophy, religion and philosophical theology — as well as for those who simply delight in reading the Bible.

Author : Richard A. Muller
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493406708

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Divine Will and Human Choice by Richard A. Muller Pdf

This fresh study from an internationally respected scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras shows how the Reformers and their successors analyzed and reconciled the concepts of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Richard Muller argues that traditional Reformed theology supported a robust theory of an omnipotent divine will and human free choice and drew on a tradition of Western theological and philosophical discussion. The book provides historical perspective on a topic of current interest and debate and offers a corrective to recent discussions.

Author : Alexander S. Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317148876

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Divine Providence and Human Agency by Alexander S. Jensen Pdf

Divine Providence and Human Agency develops an understanding of God and God's relation to creation that perceives God as sovereign over creation while, at the same time, allowing for a meaningful notion of human freedom. This book provides a bridge between contemporary approaches that emphasise human freedom, such as process theology and those influenced by it, and traditional theologies that stress divine omnipotence.This book argues that it is essential for Christian theology to maintain that God is ultimately in charge of history: otherwise there would be no solid grounds for Christian hope. Yet, the modern human self-understanding as free agent within certain limitations must be taken seriously. Jensen approaches this apparent contradiction from within a consistently trinitarian framework. Jensen argues that a Christian understanding of God must be based on the experience of the saving presence of Christ in the Church, leading to an apophatic and consistently trinitarian theology. This serves as the framework for the discussion of divine omnipotence and human freedom. On the basis of the theological foundation established in this book, it is possible to frame the problem in a way that makes it possible to live within this tension. Building on this foundation, Jensen develops an understanding of history as the unfolding of the divine purpose and as an expression of God's very being, which is self-giving love and desire for communion. This book offers an important contribution to the debate of the doctrine of God in the context of an evolutionary universe.

Author : Rebecca Harden Weaver
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813210127

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Divine Grace and Human Agency by Rebecca Harden Weaver Pdf

Author : Kyle Wells
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004277328

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Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism by Kyle Wells Pdf

Following recent intertextual studies, Wells examines how descriptions of ‘heart-transformation’ in Deut 30, Jer 31–32 and Ezek 36 influenced Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency.

Author : Timothy Rosendale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108418843

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Theology and Agency in Early Modern Literature by Timothy Rosendale Pdf

Explores fundamental questions of human will and action in early modern theology and literature.

Author : Ionuţ Epurescu-Pascovici
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275762

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Human Agency in Medieval Society, 1100-1450 by Ionuţ Epurescu-Pascovici Pdf

Argues the case for the individual as autonomous moral agent in the later Middle Ages.

Author : John M.G. Barclay,Simon J. Gathercole
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567084531

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Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment by John M.G. Barclay,Simon J. Gathercole Pdf

Re-examines Paul within contemporary Jewish debate, attuned to the significant theological issues he raises without imposing upon him the frameworks developed in later Christian thought

Author : Charles SIMMONS (of North Wrentham, U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020842199

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Divine Agency consistent with second causes, human agency, and accountability. A dissertation, read ... before Mendon Association ... April 15, 1847 by Charles SIMMONS (of North Wrentham, U.S.) Pdf

Author : William J. Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198786511

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Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II by William J. Abraham Pdf

Annotation Argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition.

Author : James J.S. Foster
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781845409586

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Thomas Reid on Religion by James J.S. Foster Pdf

Thomas Reid was one of the greatest thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. In his own time he was seen as the most able opponent of the scepticism of David Hume and the architect of 'Common Sense' philosophy. His ideas were immensely influential both in his native Scotland and abroad, and the last forty years have seen a marked revival of interest in his work. Reid published very little about religion and his notes from the lectures on natural theology that he regularly gave have not survived. This volume - a companion to Thomas Reid: Selected Philosophical Writings (Imprint Academic, 2012) - makes available material from Reid's autograph manuscripts, housed in the University of Aberdeen Library, and student notes of Reid's lectures, edited from original manuscripts in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It includes an introductory essay by Nicholas Wolterstorff, a leading philosopher of religion and interpreter of Reid.

Author : Frederick Michael McLain,W. Mark Richardson
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 076181471X

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Human and Divine Agency by Frederick Michael McLain,W. Mark Richardson Pdf

This collection of thoughtful essays re-examines the notion of human agency from the perspective of the major traditions of Christian belief. Comprehensive in scope and stimulating in subject matter, this volume will be of value to philosophers as well as scholars of religion.

Author : Amina Wadud
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780744513

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Inside the Gender Jihad by Amina Wadud Pdf

A world-renowned professor of Islamic studies, Amina Wadud has long been at the forefront of what she calls the 'gender jihad,' the struggle for justice for women within the global Islamic community. In 2005, she made international headlines when she helped to promote new traditions by leading the Muslim Friday prayer in New York City, provoking a firestorm of media controversy and kindling charges of blasphemy among conservative Muslims worldwide. In this provocative book, "Inside the Gender Jihad", Wadud brings a wealth of experience from the trenches of the jihad to make a passionate argument for gender inclusiveness in the Muslim world. Knitting together scrupulous scholarship with lessons drawn from her own experiences as a woman, she explores the array of issues facing Muslim women today, including social status, education, sexuality, and leadership. A major contribution to the debate on women and Islam, Amina Wadud's vision for changing the status of women within Islam is both revolutionary and urgent.

Author : Kathryn Tanner
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451412339

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God and Creation in Christian Theology by Kathryn Tanner Pdf

How are God and creatures related? How can one reconcile the sovereignty and power of God with creatures' capacity to act freely?Kathryn Tanner's important and original work seeks an answer in the features and limits of traditional Christian discourse. Her search for a unique kernal or regulative dimension of the Christian doctrine of God-world relations leads her to identify in the tradition an operative "grammar&334; of meaningful theological discourse that not only informs the past but can guide the future.

Author : D. Stephen Long
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781647124151

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On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics by D. Stephen Long Pdf

An expansion of the discipline of ethics demonstrates that Aquinas’s “infusing of virtue” makes better sense of the moral life than finding a method to guide action While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized. On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics through a thorough comparison of two ethicists, Henry Sidgwick and F. D. Maurice. Where Sidgwick understood ethics as developing a method for guiding voluntary action to what is right, Maurice maintained that ethics concerns life as a whole, and that requires placing it within a metaphysical and theological realm in which the good is much more definitive than right. This comparative history argues that Maurice’s use of Thomas Aquinas’s “infusing of virtue” makes better sense of the moral life of ordinary persons than the specialized, academic discipline Sidgwick bequeathed. Long expands the discipline of ethics through the central theme of his work: that moral life is a gift rather than an achievement. He provides a clear argument in favor of a more holistic approach to teaching ethics.