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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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A philosophical defence of limited foreknowledge open theism [PDF]
International Journal for Philosophy of ReligionAbstract 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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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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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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The Philosophical Case for Open Theism
Philosophia (United States), 2007 The goal of this paper is to defend open theism vis-a-vis its main competitors within the family of broadly classical theisms, namely, theological determinism and the various forms of non-open free-will theism, such as Molinism and Ockhamism. After isolating two core theses over which open theists and their opponents differ, I argue for the open theist
Alan Rhoda
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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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