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A Critique of Schellenberg’s New Logical Argument from Evil [PDF]
In a new formulation of the logical problem of evil, J. L. Schellenberg attempts to develop a new version of the logical form of the problem of evil through the logical inconsistency of the conjunction of three theistic claims with the existence of evil.
Mahboobeh Pakdel, Amirabbas Alizamani
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Il Dio che rischia e che “cambia”: introduzione all’Open Theism
In the following essay I will describe the cultural and disciplinary areas in which Open Theism has been developing and deal with the main authors, who has defended this new doctrine, and their main works.
Migliorini, Damiano
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Theism and Physical Cosmology [PDF]
Physical cosmology purports to establish precise and testable claims about the origin of the universe. Thus, cosmology bears directly on traditional metaphysical claims -- in particular, claims about whether the universe has a creator (i.e. God).
Halvorson, Hans, Kragh, Helge
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Providence and Mystery: from Open Theism to New Approaches
In the recent debate on Christian theism, the position called Open Theism (OT) tries to solve the dilemma of omniscience and human freedom. In OT, the key word of the human-divine relationship is "risk": in his relationship with us, God is a risk-taker ...
Migliorini, Damiano
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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Philip Clayton’s „Open Panentheism”: Reconstruction and Criticism
Philip Clayton, an American theologian and philosopher, devotes a significant part of his research work to seeking bridges between theology and the natural sciences. The position he takes is the Christian version of panentheism.
Mirosław Twardowski
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ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
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Epistemic Deism and Probabilistic Theism
The aim of my paper is to clarify the conceptions of epistemic deism and probabilistic theism and to demonstrate that the two doctrines do not finally collapse into one.
Darek Łukasiewicz
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The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity
ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
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An Evangelical Discourse on God’s Foreknowledge in Relation to Moral Evil [PDF]
Within the long tradition of Christian reflection on the problem of evil, different approaches to justify God are developed. More specifically, this article focuses on the school of thought within evangelical theology known as “Open Theism” of which ...
Professor Godfrey Harold
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