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Predicting Divine Action. [PDF]
Philosophia (Ramat Gan), 2018 This article sets out a formal procedure for determining the probability that God would do a specified action, using our moral knowledge and understanding God as a perfect being. To motivate developing the procedure I show how natural theology - design arguments, the problems of evil and divine hiddenness, and the treatment of miracles and religious ...
Burling H.
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DANCING AROUND THE CAUSAL JOINT: CHALLENGING THE THEOLOGICAL TURN IN DIVINE ACTION THEORIES
Zygon, 2017 Recent years have seen a shift in divine action debates. Turning from noninterventionist, incompatibilist causal joint models, representatives of a “theological turn” in divine action have questioned the metaphysical assumptions of approaches seeking ...
Sarah Lane Ritchie
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A biotheology of God’s divine action in the present global ecological precipice [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Theological discourse surrounding the environmental crisis has rightly brought to the forefront human agency as a primary causal determinant. However, this article explores a theistic divine action position toward an account of the present global ...
Lisanne D. Winslow
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Does God Cheat at Dice? Divine Action and Quantum Possibilities
Zygon, 2000 The recent debates concerning divine action in the context of quantum mechanics are examined with particular reference to the work of William Pollard, Robert J. Russell, Thomas Tracy, Nancey Murphy, and Keith Ward.
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Does God Intervene in Our Lives? Special Divine Action in Aquinas
ReligionsDoes God intervene in our lives? In this paper, I respond “yes” and work out a Thomistic account of special divine action in human life. I argue that God intensifies His action in moments that are particularly significant for our salvation.
Mirela Oliva
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NIODA and the Problem of Evil: God as Ultimate Determiner
Religions, 2023 The problem of evil permeates contemporary theodicy, raising the question of how an omnipotent and benevolent God can allow its existence. Exploring this inquiry is inherently tied to investigating divine action, specifically the interplay between time ...
Javier Sánchez-Cañizares
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Polkinghorne on Metaphysics of Divine Action: Presuppositions and Implications [PDF]
Religious Inquiries, 2020 This article is an effort to evaluate the epistemological and ontological presuppositions of John Polkinghorne's interpretation of the mechanism of God’s special action. Briefly, it can be said that in his view, God forms and models the world's processes
Mahdi Qiasvand, Hossein khatibi
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Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 2020 God versus Laplace’s Demon: A Proposal for Trinitarian, Covenantal and Scientific Special Divine Action Concept. In the last decade, the interaction between science and theology in the effort to develop the concept of divine action in the natural ...
David Alinurdin
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A Study and Critique of John Schellenberg’s Divine Hiddenness Argument based on the Finiteness of Divine Active Attributes and Wisdom [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2020 Introduction Man’s request for God’s revelation, His visibility, a direct connection to Divine angels or at least, being shown with more experiential evidence by God has been one of man’s historical demands from Divine prophets.
Behroz Asadi +2 more
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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.
Benedikt Paul Göcke +1 more
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