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Randomness in Nature and Divine Providence: An Open Theological Perspective [PDF]

Open Theology
From a traditional theological perspective, the ontological randomness and apparent lack of purpose in the evolutionary process appear to conflict with God’s providence, sovereignty, and wisdom. Many physicists confirm that there are forms of ontological
Azadegan Ebrahim, Maghsoudi Mohammad Ebrahim   +1 more
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Doubting Thomas: A Defense of Thomas Aquinas’ Account of Divine Providence in Response to David Fergusson

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
This essay constitutes a response to two criticisms of Thomas Aquinas’ account of divine providence which David Fergusson puts forward in his book The Providence of God: A Polyphonic Account.
Hodson Nathaniel
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Does Providence Entail Divine Temporality? Maybe

Religions
Within contemporary Christian philosophical theology, there are three broad theories of providence being debated. These are theological determinism, Molinism, and open theism.
R. T. Mullins
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Can Libertarian Free Will be Reconciled with Divine Providence?

TheoLogica
I try to reconcile libertarian free will for created agents with a qualified understanding of divine providence. Divine providence is not absolute, since created agents have some say in how things go in the universe.
Katherin Rogers
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Providence, Divine Power, and the ‘Invisible Hand’ in Adam Smith

Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, 2021
This contribution advances a critical examination of Smith’s thought in theological perspective, with a point of departure in a recent interpretation of the ‘invisible hand.’ We show that the concept of general providence has displaced traditional ...
van der Kooi, Cornelis, Ballor, Jordan J.   +1 more
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Features requirement elicitation process for designing a chatbot application

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This article seeks to assist the chatbot community by outlining the characteristics that a chatbot needs to possess and explaining how to create a chatbot for a bank. In order to determine which capabilities are most crucial to ending users, a study of a small sample of chatbot users was conducted.
Nurul Muizzah Johari, Puteri N. E. Nohuddin, Ahmad Hanif Ahmad Baharin, Noor Azuddin Yakob, Mohammad Javad Ebadi   +4 more
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Providentia Missio Dei amid Adverse Global Conflicts [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Since its reinterpretation in the second half of the 20th century, the Missio Dei has become a primary missiological framework that embraces human redemption as the direct work or by-product of God’s intervention.
Jonas Sello Thinane
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Ketidaksetujuan terhadap Interpretasi Pendamaian Stoa dan Kekristenan dalam Pemikiran Justus Lipsius

Media, 2023
Justus Lipsius drew up an intellectual project to reconcile stoic thought with Christianity. In this project, Lipsius started with two assumptions.
Yohanes Theo
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Rozwój nauki i kultu «Matki Bożej Opatrzności»

Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2010
The above title was not directly derived from the Holy Scripture. It is difficult to determine who first used it or which prevailed in the history of the Church: teaching about the Mother of Divine Providence or Her cult.
Adam Wojtczak
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The Antinomies of Divine Providence

, 2023
This article considers several antinomies that arise in our consideration of divine providence, and shows how these antinomies are resolved in the light of the three main theories of providence: Augustinianism, Molinism, and Open ...
Hasker, William
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