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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.
R. T. Mullins +3 more
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International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2023 In this article, I seek to provide a philosophical elucidation of the thesis of open theism. This task will be performed by utilising the conception of open theism, Generic Open Theism, provided by Alan Rhoda (and precisified in part by William Hasker ...
Sijuwade, Joshua R.
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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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Opening the Trinity: developing the "open theism" debate
Acta Theologica, 2005 The reconciliation of the omniscience of God with the free choices of humanity is a problem which has taxed Christian thinkers for centuries. Recently the issue has become prominent with the emergence of support for "open theism", the belief that free ...
D. T. Williams
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A philosophical defence of limited foreknowledge open theism. [PDF]
Int J Philos ReligAbstract Limited foreknowledge open theism (LFOT) is the view that there are contingent truths about the future but that even an omniscient God cannot foreknow them. This paper mounts a three-pronged philosophical defence of this doctrine. On the one hand, I will show that it can be given a formal model and semantics that is both formally and
Ackermann M.
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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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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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Tinjauan Kritis terhadap Open Theism dari Perspektif Teologi Reformed [PDF]
Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 2012 Salah satu bait dari lagu yang terkenal berjudul “God and God Alone” adalah: God and God alone reveals the truth of all we call unknown, And all the best and worst of man won’t change the Master’s plan, It’s God’s and God’s alone Jelas sekali terlihat ...
Michael Teng
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