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TheoLogicaThe present special issue is a direct result of the research project Providence and Free Will in the Models of Classical Theism and Analytic Theism (PROLITECA: PID2021-122633NB-100), funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of ...
Agustín Echavarría +1 more
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An Examination and Critique of Paul Draper’s View on the Problem of Evil [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīPaul Draper is one of the most sophisticated contemporary defenders of the evidential argument from evil. In his seminal 1989 paper “Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists,” he argues that the observed distribution and intensity of ...
Seyyed Mohsen Hashemi +1 more
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 7, Page 891-906, July 2026.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 242-266, July 2026.Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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Austere Moral Ecologies and Artificial Agents
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 592-611, July 2026.Abstract There are underappreciated moral costs for deploying artificially intelligent agents in our present bureaucratically and market‐structured world. Currently, AI systems lack the interiority and mutual vulnerability required for genuine moral relationality.
Manuel Vargas
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International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives For English, the validated part of Psychedelic Experience Scale (PES48) is a four‐factor structure called the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30). The other validated part of the PES48 consists of four more factors: two more mystical factors (paradoxicality and connectedness, which together with the MEQ30 form the MEQ40), and ...
Kurt Stocker +8 more
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On Schopenhauer's Debt to Spinoza1
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 656-672, June 2026.Abstract Schopenhauer offers ‘nature is not divine but demonic’ as a direct rebuttal of Spinoza's pantheism, his identification of ‘nature’ with ‘God’. And so, one would think, he ought to have been immune to the ‘Spinozism’ that became, as Heine called it, ‘the unofficial religion’ of the age.
Julian Young
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Neoclassical Theism and the Problem of Foreknowledge and Passibility
TheoLogicaThough it is often not recognized, there are multiple models of God being affirmed and debated throughout the history of philosophical theology. In contemporary discussion, we have developed labels for these models such as classical theism, neoclassical
Ryan T. Mullins
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DIVINE DESIGN AND EVOLUTIONARY EVIL
Zygon, 2022 In this article, I first interpret and evaluate the main argument of E. V. R. Kojonen's book, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design. I then address a challenge against this argument (as well as against design arguments in general), namely, the ...
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 293-306, June 2026.ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
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