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Generic open theism and some varieties thereof

Religious Studies, 2008
AbstractThe goal of this paper is to facilitate ongoing dialogue between open and non-open theists. First, I try to make precise what open theism is by distinguishing the core commitments of the position from other secondary and optional commitments. The result is a characterization of ‘generic open theism’, the minimal set of commitments that any open
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Open theism: does God risk or hope?

Religious Studies, 2006
Open theists have generally affirmed that God exercises general sovereignty, seeking to achieve an overall providential goal related to our freely choosing to love Him, though the path to that goal is uncertain. This understanding of God's relationship to the world has the implication that God risks failure in achieving His purpose, since His success ...
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Open Theism and Other Models of Divine Providence

2012
In this paper I define ‘open theism’ as a version of ‘broadly classical theism’ distinguished by commitment to a causally, epistemically, and providentially open future. After clarifying open theism, I then compare and contrast the open theistic model of divine providence with its chief competitors: theological determinism, Molinism, and process theism.
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Does Open Theism Explain God’s Planning of Creation?

Philosophia Christi, 2019
In this essay, I assess Timothy Blank’s “The Open Theistic Multiverse.” In his article, Blank attempts to show that Open Theism explains how God can plan the creation of a multiverse containing creatures with libertarian freedom. I underscore some benefits of Blank’s article while arguing that, despite its strengths, his paper fails to provide a ...
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Fatalism and Bivalence. Can be Theism Really Open?

2018
In this paper, we consider the prospects of a particular response to the arguments for logical and theological fatalism: the thesis that there is no true future and that the propositions concerning the future have no truth-value. The difficulties of this position are stressed: on the logical level, the negation of the intuitive principle of bivalence ...
Ciro De Florio, Aldo Frigerio
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Bonhoeffer and Open Theism

Philosophy and Theology, 2003
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Open Theism and Middle Knowledge

Philosophia Christi, 2003
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The Problem of Evil in the Analytic Philosophy of Religion of Open Theism

Studia Theologica, 2022
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An Examination of the Biblical Evidence for Open Theism

Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology, 2020
Ferhat Yoney
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Open Theism and the Future

2011
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