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Open Theism and the Problem of Evil [PDF]

, 2022
The first chapter of this study presents the context for the current discussion. It looks at the reality of evil and the search for adequate answers to the problem of evil.
Antombikums, Aku Stephen, Antombikums, Aku Stephen; id_orcid   +1 more
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“I believe because of evolution”: has cognitive science undermined the rationality of religious belief? [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия
This article explores the implications of contemporary naturalistic theories of religion for the rationality of religious (theistic) belief. The so-called evolutionary debunking arguments attempt to undermine the rationality of a belief by appealing to ...
Kantemir Kanukoev
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The labyrinth as a symbol of life: A journey with God and chronic pain

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article is written in the style and method of an autoethnography that focuses on the author’s spiritual journey with God while living with chronic pain. The labyrinth is used as a metaphor and spiritual tool to describe this journey.
Lishje Els
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PROCESS THEISM: DOES A PERSUASIVE GOD COERCE?

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 1979
Barry L. Whitney
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Post-theism or another form of theism?

, 2017
Mini-symposium: ‘Hebben we een boodschap aan post-theïsten?’, 25 januari 2016, Groninger Theologisch Werkgezelschap.This article examines whether classical theism is at its complete end.
Dingemans, Gijsbert D.J.
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

THE PROBLEM OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREDESTINATION AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT

Russian Studies in Culture and Society
Background. The subject of the research in this article is one of the most fundamental worldview problems - the question of the relationship between free will and predestination in the religious and philosophical context.
Dar'ya A. Nadeina, Oleg V. Chekrygin
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Why the Big Bang Singularity does not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Theism [PDF]

, 2007
The Big Bang singularity provides little or no evidence for creation in the finite past and hence for theism. Whether one dismisses singularities or takes them seriously, physics licenses no first moment of (space-)time.
Pitts, J. Brian
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The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
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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Hartshorne’s Process Theism and Big Bang Cosmology

Process Studies, 1993
David Haugen, L. Bryant Keeling
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