The Many Problems of Special Divine Action [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2015 Special divine action is an integral part of the Christian worldview. In fact, the plausibility of the Christian worldview depends on and is grounded in the putative reality, and therefore possibility, of special divine action. Without special divine action, Scripture does not make sense, and without Scripture, Christianity neither.
Göcke, Benedikt Paul
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Special Divine Action and Natural Science [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2015 A number of modern theologians have concluded that the rise of natural science makes it necessary to give up the idea that God acts in particular ways to affect the course of events in the world. I reply to this claim, taking up the challenge to explain what might be meant by a ‘special’ act of God.
Tracy, Thomas
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Hesitations About Special Divine Action: Reflections on Some Scientific, Cultural and Theological Concerns [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2015 The new interest in special divine action has led to a close reading of the great debates and discussions of the early modern period in an attempt to understand contemporary resistance to the notion of divine action, and to develop strategies for reaffirming the notion in a refined manner.
McGrath, Alister E.
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Does God Intervene in Our Lives? Special Divine Action in Aquinas [PDF]
ReligionsDoes God intervene in our lives? In this paper, I respond “yes” and work out a Thomistic account of special divine action in human life. I argue that God intensifies His action in moments that are particularly significant for our salvation.
Mirela Oliva
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God is (Probably) a Cause among Causes: Why the Primary/Secondary Cause Distinction Doesn’t Help in Developing Non-interventionist Accounts of Special Divine Action [PDF]
Theology and Science, 2022 Simon Kittle
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Breathing New Life Into the World‐Soul? Revisiting an Old Doctrine Through the Lens of Current Debates on Special Divine Action [PDF]
Modern Theology, 2018 AbstractNicholas Saunders’ 2002 book Divine Action and Modern Science remains among the most significant and widely‐cited recent contributions to the literature on special divine action (SDA). One of the tasks he takes up in that work is to critique a wide assortment of models of SDA, including that of Grace Jantzen.
Travis Dumsday
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Sadra's monistic view; another explanation of the compatibility of God's action and nature [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2022 IntroductionContemporary models of "specific divine actions", mostly and regardless of differences, have shaken with three metaphysical commitments, namely "The incompatibility of the divine act and the act of nature", "God's non-intervention" and also "
Nafiseh Nojaba, Mahdi Qiasvand
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Review of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli's Thought on Perfect Human and Its Correlation with Divine Vicegerency [PDF]
تاریخ فلسفه اسلامی, 2023 The topic of humanity and philosophical anthropology have been indispensable in human history, and a true depiction of man's status in the creation is foremost in theistic religions.
alireza rezwani
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Polkinghorne on Metaphysics of Divine Action: Presuppositions and Implications [PDF]
Religious Inquiries, 2020 This article is an effort to evaluate the epistemological and ontological presuppositions of John Polkinghorne's interpretation of the mechanism of God’s special action. Briefly, it can be said that in his view, God forms and models the world's processes
Mahdi Qiasvand, Hossein khatibi
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