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Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not [PDF]
Religions, 2021 The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or “gods”, is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural Religion). It is unclear, however, whether theism is natural.
Lari Launonen, R. T. Mullins
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OPEN THEISM AND RISK MANAGEMENT: A PHILOSOPHICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
Zygon, 2021 Open theism denies that God has definite exhaustive foreknowledge, and affirms that God takes certain risks when creating the universe. Critics of open theism often complain that the risks are too high.
Mullins, R. T., Sani, Emanuela
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Open Theism and Perfect Rationality
TheoLogica, 2023 Dean Zimmerman has made significant contributions to metaphysics, philosophy of time, and philosophy of religion. In this paper, I set my focus on Zimmerman’s approach to God, time, and creation.
Ryan T. Mullins
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Critical Consideration on God's Essence and His Features in Open Theism [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022 Open Theism, as a new perspective in theology, has attracted attention of many scholars and mainly claims that some teachings of classical theism are not in accordance with Scripture and depict God in the way of Greek metaphysic and Hermeneutical pattern.
Eisa Mohammadinia +1 more
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Divine Omniscience in Open Theism [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2019 One of the most important and challenging theories of Open Theism is its particular view of the attribute of divine omniscience. This theory acknowledges that God is the Absolute, yet stipulates that God's knowledge does not include what man performs ...
Mehdi Abutalebi Yazdi +4 more
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An epigrammatic analysis on open theism and its impact on classical Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Open theism is a theological position taken by a number of scholars and deals with human free will and its relationship to God, including the nature of the future. This brief article explores this relationship and challenges the tenets of open theism by
Mark Pretorius
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A Critique and Evaluation of the Methodological Foundations of Open Theism According to Clark Pinnock [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2020 In this article, we try to study Clark Pinnock’s point of view in explaining the methodological foundations of the Open Theism Theory with a descriptive-analytical method so that we can have a fair critique of the strengths and weaknesses of this theory ...
Mohammad Ebrahim Torkamani +2 more
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God’s Omnipotence: A Literary Investigation [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The omnipotence of God can be defined as the perfect ability of God to do all things that are consistent with the divine character. Open theists see God as one who is influenced as God interacts with human beings in time and space (temporally). Thus, for
Prof. Dr. Godfrey Harold
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Od ateizmu do teizmu poprzez krytykę „pięciu dróg” św. Tomasza w świetle myśli Antony’ego Flewa
Annales Missiologici Posnanienses, 2020 Atheism and theism have been seen rather as contradictory points of view, without the possibility to enter into dialogue. In 1966 Antony Flew published a book entitled God and Philosphy, a key work, in which the author criticised theism and later – the
Angelika Mrówka
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Logical Argument from Evil and Theism
Religions, 2022 The article argues that the logical argument from evil is dead, and the new version presented by James Sterba cannot resurrect it. In the first part, I say that the logical argument from evil is dead either because, in the version given by Mackie, it was
Andrea Aguti
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