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The Many Problems of Special Divine Action [PDF]
, 2015 Special divine action is an integral part of the Christian worldview. In fact, the plausibility of the Christian worldview depends on and is grounded in the putative reality, and therefore possibility, of special divine action.
Göcke, Benedikt Paul
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Divine Action and Operative Grace [PDF]
, 2017 Operative grace is generally considered to be a paradigm example of special divine action. In this paper, we suggest one reason to think operative grace might be consistent with general divine action alone.
Worsley, David Andrew +3 more
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The Flexibility of Thomistic Metaphysical Principles: Byzantine Thomists, Personalist Thomists, and Jacques Maritain [PDF]
Studia Gilsoniana, 2022 Thomistic metaphysics has been challenged on the grounds that its principles are inconsistent with our experiences of divine action and of our own subjectivity.
Mark K. Spencer
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NATURAL DIVINE CAUSATION, CAUSAL EXCLUSION, AND OVERDETERMINATION: COMMENT ON MIKAEL LEIDENHAG
Zygon, 2021 In his article “The Blurred Line between Theistic Evolution and Intelligent Design” and his response “The Problem of Natural Divine Causation and the Benefits of Partial Causation”, Mikael Leidenhag uses Jaegwon Kim's work on causal exclusion to ...
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The Philosophical (Hikmī) and Theological (Kalamī) Approaches to the Badā’ of Divine Definite (Mahtūm) Will in Contemporary Shī’i Thought: The Case of al-'Allāma al-Tabātabā'ī, Āyatollāh Khu'ī, and Mīrza Mahdī Isfahānī [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2019 Badāʿ (the change of divine will) is one of the Islamic doctrines considerably emphasized by the Imams of Shīʿī Muslims. One of the problems concerning the doctrine of badāʾ is whether God can change his definite/fixed (maḥtūm) will.
Mohammd Hossein Kolahi, Reza Rahnama
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DIVINE ACTION: IS IT CREDIBLE?
Zygon, 1995 . The concept of God's acting in the world has been seen to be problematic in light of the claims of scientific knowledge that the regularity of a law like universe rules out divine action.
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Self-Organizing Systems and Divine Action
ZygonSelf-organizing systems abound in the world. These include interstellar systems, environmental systems on Earth, biological systems including sentience-bearing ones (bodies), and sociocultural systems, which include religious systems. All self-organizing
David H. Nikkel
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Human Action and Divine Power in Plotinus
, 2017 This chapter analyses how Plotinus applies his theory of causation to account for human action in the Enneads. It argues that Plotinus treats action as an expression of divine power. At the same time he appreciates the features that are distinctive of it
Pauliina Remes, Remes, Pauliina,
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Divine Action and Quantum Theory
Zygon, 2000 Recent articles by Nicholas Saunders, Carl Helrich, and Jeffrey Koperski raise important questions about attempts to make use of quantum mechanics in giving an account of particular divine action in the world.
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Philosophy, Science and Divine Action
, 2009 Book review of Philosophy, Science and Divine Action
Grundmann, Christoffer H.
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