Human And Divine Agency

Author : Charlotte Katzoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000089172

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Human Agency and Divine Will by Charlotte Katzoff Pdf

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 : John M.G. Barclay,Simon J. Gathercole
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Alexander S. Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813210127

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Divine Grace and Human Agency by Rebecca Harden Weaver Pdf

Author : Frederick Michael McLain,W. Mark Richardson
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Mark C. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198796916

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God's Own Ethics by Mark C. Murphy Pdf

Part I. The ethics of an Anselmian being -- Anselmianism about God -- Is the Anselmian being loving? -- Is the Anselmian being morally good? -- The ethics of the Anselmian being I (promotion) -- The ethics of the Anselmian being II (respect) -- The argument from evil and the ethics of the Anselmian being -- Part II. God's ethics -- Worship-worthiness and allegiance-worthiness -- The good of religion and contingent divine ethics -- The argument from evil and God's contingent ethics

Author : Bruce Gordon,Carl R. Trueman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198728818

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The Oxford Handbook of Calvin and Calvinism by Bruce Gordon,Carl R. Trueman Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Calvin and Calvinism offers a comprehensive assessment of John Calvin and the tradition of Calvinism as it evolved from the sixteenth century to today. Featuring contributions from scholars who present the latest research on a pluriform religious movement that became a global faith. The volume focuses on key aspects of Calvin's thought and its diverse reception in Europe, the transatlantic world, Africa, South America, and Asia. Calvin's theology was from the beginning open to a wide range of interpretations and was never a static body of ideas and practices. Over the course of his life his thought evolved and deepened while retaining unresolved tensions and questions that created a legacy that was constantly evolving in different cultural contexts. Calvinism itself is an elusive term, bringing together Christian communities that claim a shared heritage but often possess radically distinct characters. The Handbook reveals fascinating patterns of continuity and change to demonstrate how the movement claimed the name of the Genevan reformer but was moulded by an extraordinary range of religious, intellectual and historical influences, from the Enlightenment and Darwinism to indigenous African beliefs and postmodernism. In its global contexts, Calvinism has been continuously reimagined and reinterpreted. This collection throws new light on the highly dynamic and fluid nature of a deeply influential form of Christianity.

Author : Charles SIMMONS (of North Wrentham, U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,5 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 : Frederick Michael McLain,W. Mark Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015042405947

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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 : Preston M. Sprinkle
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830827091

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Paul and Judaism Revisited by Preston M. Sprinkle Pdf

How far did Paul stray from the view of salvation handed down to him in the Jewish tradition? Following a hunch from E.P. Sanders's seminal book Paul and Palestinian Judaism,Preston Sprinkle finds buried in the Old Testament's Deuteronomic and prophetic perspectives a key that starts to turn the rusted lock on Paul's critique of Judaism.

Author : Stephen Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590287922

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On the nature of divine agency in reference to the inspiration of the Scriptures [&c.]. by Stephen Davies Pdf

Author : Ionuţ Epurescu-Pascovici
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Beate Pongratz-Leisten,Karen Sonik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501502262

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The Materiality of Divine Agency by Beate Pongratz-Leisten,Karen Sonik Pdf

Two topics of current critical interest, agency and materiality, are here explored in the context of their intersection with the divine. Specific case studies, emphasizing the ancient Near East but including treatments also of the European Middle Ages and ancient Greece, elucidate the nature and implications of this intersection: What is the relationship between the divine and the particular matter or physical form in which it is materially represented or mentally visualized? How do sacral or divine "things" act, and what is the source and nature of their agency? How might we productively define and think about anthropomorphism in relation to the divine? What is the relationship between the mental and the material image, and between the categories of object and image, image and likeness, and likeness and representation? Drawing on a broad range of written and pictorial sources, this volume is a novel contribution to the contemporary discourse on the functioning and communicative potential of the material and materialized divine as it is developing in the fields of anthropology, art history, and the history and cognitive science of religion.

Author : William J. Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191090073

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

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II builds on Volume I, which established that no generic concept of action will suffice for understanding the character of divine actions explicit in the Christian faith. Volume II argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition. William J. Abraham argues that one must practice theology in order to analyze properly the concept of divine action. Abraham offers a careful review and evaluation of the particularities of divine action as they appear in the work of biblical, patristic, medieval, and Reformation-era theologians. Particular attention is given to the divine inspiration of scripture, creation, incarnation, transubstantiation in the Eucharist, predestination, and divine concurrence. The work does not simply repeat the doctrinal formulations found in the Christian tradition, but examines them in order to find fresh ways of thinking about these issues for our own time, especially with respect to the contemporary debates about divine agency and divine action.

Author : William J. Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192517753

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

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I lays the groundwork for a constructive contribution to the contemporary debate regarding divine action. Noted scholar, William J. Abraham argues that the concept of divine action is not a closed concept-like knowledge-but an open concept with a variety of context-dependent meanings. The volume charts the history of debate about divine action among key Anglophone philosophers of religion, and observes that they were largely committed to this erroneous understanding of divine action as a closed concept. After developing an argument that divine action should be understood as an open, fluid concept, Abraham engages the work of William Alston, Process metaphysics, quantum physics, analytic Thomist philosophy of religion, and the theology of Kathryn Tanner. Abraham argues that divine action as an open concept must be shaped by distinctly theological considerations, and thus all future work on divine action among philosophers of religion must change to accord with this vision. Only deep engagement with the Christian theological tradition will remedy the problems ailing contemporary discourse on divine action.