Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
2019
ISBN:
9781350082939
,
9781350082922
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9781350082915
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury studies in philosophy of religion
Content:
"The traditional doctrine of God's universal causality holds that God directly causes all entities distinct from himself, including all creaturely actions. But can our actions be free in the strong, libertarian sense if they are directly caused by God? W. Matthews Grant argues that free creaturely acts have dual sources, God and the free creaturely agent, and are ultimately up to both in a way that leaves all the standard conditions for libertarian freedom satisfied. Offering a comprehensive alternative to existing approaches for combining theism and libertarian freedom, he proposes new solutions for reconciling libertarian freedom with robust accounts of God's providence, grace, and predestination. He also addresses the problem of moral evil without the commonly employed Free Will Defense. Written for analytic philosophers and theologians, Grant's approach can be characterized as "neo-scholastic" as well as "analytic," since many of the positions defended are inspired by, consonant with, and develop resources drawn from the scholastic tradition, especially Aquinas."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
God: universal cause and cause of human actions -- Divine universal causality and the threat of occasionalism -- Free creatures of the universal cause -- The extrinsic model defended -- Does God cause sin? -- The problem of moral evil -- Providence, grace, and predestination.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350082908
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Grant, W. Matthews Free will and God's universal causality London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781350082908
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Christentum
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Entscheidungsfreiheit
;
Willensfreiheit
;
Kausalität
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DOI:
10.5040/9781350082939
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