Human Freedom Divine Knowledge And Mere Molinism

Author : Timothy A. Stratton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781725276130

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Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism by Timothy A. Stratton Pdf

Does humanity possess the freedom to think and act, or are we always caused and determined to think and act--exactly how we think and act--by things outside of our control? If we are always causally determined to think and act by things outside of our control, then how can humans be genuinely responsible for any of our thoughts or following actions? However, if humanity is genuinely free and responsible for at least some of our thoughts and actions, then how can the Christian rationally affirm the doctrine that God is totally sovereign and predestines all things? In Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism, Timothy A. Stratton surveys the history of theological thought from Augustine to Edwards and reaches surprising historical conclusions supporting what he refers to as "limited libertarian freedom." Stratton goes further to offer multiple arguments appealing to Scripture, theology, and philosophy that each conclude humanity does, in fact, possess libertarian freedom. He then appeals to the work of Luis de Molina and offers unique arguments concluding that God possesses middle knowledge. If this is the case, then God can be completely sovereign and predestine all things without violating human freedom and responsibility.

Author : Timothy A. Stratton,Timothy Fox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666717884

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Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism Study Guide by Timothy A. Stratton,Timothy Fox Pdf

This study guide will help everyone from laypersons to theology students navigate Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism, by Timothy A. Stratton. Timothy Fox walks readers through each chapter, identifying key terms and asking pertinent questions. Stratton adds multiple "Going Deeper" sections to clarify and expand his case. This companion is a vital resource for the aspiring theologian.

Author : John D. Laing
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825443305

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Middle Knowledge by John D. Laing Pdf

Most Christians believe God is in control, but they are unsure of how to reconcile that control with their struggles with sin, the command to evangelize, and the immense suffering in the world and their own lives. Laing offers an introduction to the doctrine of providence based on the theory of middle knowledge, first articulated in the sixteenth century. This view describes how creatures have true free will and God has perfect knowledge of what each creature could and would do in any circumstance. Middle knowledge helps answer the most perplexing theological questions: predestination and salvation, the existence of evil, divine and human authorship of Scripture, and science and the Christian faith. Laing provides extensive biblical support as well as practical applications for this theology.

Author : Timothy A. Stratton,Timothy Fox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666717860

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Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism Study Guide by Timothy A. Stratton,Timothy Fox Pdf

This study guide will help everyone from laypersons to theology students navigate Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism, by Timothy A. Stratton. Timothy Fox walks readers through each chapter, identifying key terms and asking pertinent questions. Stratton adds multiple “Going Deeper” sections to clarify and expand his case. This companion is a vital resource for the aspiring theologian.

Author : Thomas P. Flint
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501711855

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Divine Providence by Thomas P. Flint Pdf

Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence sketched by Luis de Molina, the sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the all-knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism. The Molinist concept of middle knowledge holds that God knows, though he has no control over, truths about how any individual would freely choose to act in any situation, even if the person never encounters that situation. Given such knowledge, God can be truly providential while leaving his creatures genuinely free. Divine Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation of the Molinist view ever written.Middle knowledge is hotly debated in philosophical theology, and the controversy spills over into metaphysics and moral philosophy as well. Flint ably defends the concept against its most influential contemporary critics, and shows its importance to Christian practice. With particular originality and sophistication, he applies Molinism to such aspects of providence as prayer, prophecy, and the notion of papal infallibility, teasing out the full range of implications for traditional Christianity.

Author : William L. Craig
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579103163

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The Only Wise God by William L. Craig Pdf

Does God know our actions before we do them? And if so, do human beings truly have free will? Dr. Craig contends that both of these notions are compatible, showing how the Bible teaches divine foreknowledge of human free acts, and reveals two ways of Òreconciling divine omniscience with human freedomÓ.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Free will and determinism
ISBN : BL:A0022227255

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The Divine Foreknowledge by Anonim Pdf

Author : John David Laing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 0825476461

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Middle Knowledge by John David Laing Pdf

Author : Kenneth Keathley
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433669637

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Salvation and Sovereignty by Kenneth Keathley Pdf

In Salvation and Sovereignty, Kenneth Keathley asks, “What shall a Christian do who is convinced of certain central tenets of Calvinism but not its corollaries?” He then writes, “I see salvation as a sovereign work of grace but suspect that the usual Calvinist understanding of sovereignty (that God is the cause of all things) is not sustained by the biblical witness as a whole.” Aiming to resolve this matter, the author argues that just three of Calvinism’s five TULIP points can be defended scripturally and instead builds on the ROSES acronym first presented by Timothy George (Radical depravity, Overcoming grace, Sovereign election, Eternal life, Singular redemption). In relation, Keathley looks at salvation and sovereignty through the lens of Molinism, a doctrine named after Luis Molina (1535-1600) that is based on a strong notion of God’s control and an equally firm affirmation of human freedom.

Author : Thomas J. J. Altizer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791486429

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Godhead and the Nothing by Thomas J. J. Altizer Pdf

Eminent theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer breaks new ground by exploring the ultimate transfiguration of the Godhead as a question of the Nihil or nothingness and God. The Nihil is essential to the full actualization of the Godhead in that it fully occurs in both a primordial and an apocalyptic sacrifice of the Godhead. Virtually unexplored by philosophical and theological thinking, the Nihil is luminously enacted in the deepest expressions of the imagination, and most clearly and decisively so in the Christian epic tradition. Altizer looks at the works of philosophers and theologians such as Spinoza, Barth, Hegel, Nietzsche, and epic writers such as Dante, Milton, and Blake to ultimately posit a God that is necessarily a dichotomous God.

Author : Andrew Hronich
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666756227

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Once Loved Always Loved by Andrew Hronich Pdf

In this book, Andrew Hronich endeavors to synthesize the many strands of orthodox doctrine into a single telos: ultimate reconciliation. While a great deal of ink has already been spilled on this subject, this book addresses ponderances previously overlooked due to a lack of ecumenical dialogue between the differing streams of Christian tradition. Ancient lights, such as Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Clement of Alexandria are given a voice to speak again to the masses, whilst contemporary thinkers, such as Thomas Talbott, David Bentley Hart, and Eric Reitan, are unleashed upon the unwitting world of Christian philosophy. Stagnant tradition has hindered the church from abiding by its historic motto semper reformanda, but with its ecumenical voice, this book calls on Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox adherents alike to acknowledge apokatastasis panton, the salvation of all beings, as the orthodoxy it always has been.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004092501

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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom by William Lane Craig Pdf

The ancient problem of fatalism, more particularly theological fatalism, has resurfaced with surprising vigour in the second half of the twentieth century. Two questions predominate in the debate: (1) Is divine foreknowledge compatible with human freedom and (2) How can God foreknow future free acts? Having surveyed the historical background of this debate in "The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge" and "Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez" (Brill: 1988), William Lane Craig now attempts to address these issues critically. His wide-ranging discussion brings together a thought- provoking array of related topics such as logical fatalism, multivalent logic, backward causation, precognition, time travel, counterfactual logic, temporal necessity, Newcomb's Problem, middle knowledge, and relativity theory. The present work serves both as a useful survey of the extensive literature on theological fatalism and related fields and as a stimulating assessment of the possibility of divine foreknowledge of future free acts.

Author : Leigh C. Vicens,Simon Kittle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108631655

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God and Human Freedom by Leigh C. Vicens,Simon Kittle Pdf

This Element considers the relationship between the traditional view of God as all-powerful, all-knowing and wholly good on the one hand, and the idea of human free will on the other. It focuses on the potential threats to human free will arising from two divine attributes: God's exhaustive foreknowledge and God's providential control of creation.

Author : Dr Rudi te Velde
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477686

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Aquinas on God by Dr Rudi te Velde Pdf

Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae – the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the Christian doctrine of God – Rudi te Velde acquaints the reader with Aquinas' theological understanding of God and the metaphysical principles and propositions that underlie his project. Aquinas' conception of God is dealt with not as an isolated metaphysical doctrine, but from the perspective of his broad theological view which underlies the scheme of the Summa. Readers interested in Aquinas, historical theology, metaphysics and metaphysical discourse on God in the Christian tradition will find this new contribution to the studies of Aquinas invaluable.

Author : David Basinger,Randall Basinger
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830876596

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Predestination & Free Will by David Basinger,Randall Basinger Pdf

If God is in control, are people really free? This question has bothered Christians for centuries. And answers have covered a wide spectrum. Today Christians still disagree. Those who emphasize human freedom view it as a reflection of God's self-limited power. Others look at human freedom in the order of God's overall control. David and Randall Basinger have put this age-old question to four scholars trained in theology and philosophy. John Feinberg of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Norman Geisler of Dallas Theological Seminary focus on God's specific sovereignty. Bruce Reichenbach of Augsburg College and Clark Pinnock of McMaster Divinity College insist that God must limit his control to ensure our freedom. Each writer argues for his perspective and applies his theory to two practical case studies. Then the other writers respond to each of the major essays, exposing what they see as fallacies and hidden assumptions. A lively and provocative volume.