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Hidden healer: Farewell to reformed ‘tamed’ theism
In die Skriflig, 2023 This research focuses, firstly, on a farewell from a certain manifestation of traditional, reformed ‘tamed’ theism (that is in this case, theism which neglects or represses the authentic biblical insight into the triune God, who reveals himself in ...
Petrus P. Kruger
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The Paradox of the Idea of Intuitive Theism and the Fact of Numerous Atheists; A Research in the Cognitive Sciences of Religion [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2021 In the cognitive science of religion, some, after conducting or examining experiments, believe that all human beings are "intuitive theists" or "Born Believers" and believe in "natural Religion." According to these thinkers, our three basic cognitive ...
Naeimeh Pourmohammadi +1 more
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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.
R. T. Mullins, Emanuela Sani
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Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not
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
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Causal Connections, Logical Connections, and Skeptical Theism: There Is No Logical Problem of Evil
Religions, 2022 In this paper, I consider Sterba’s recent criticism of skeptical theism in context of his argument from evil. I show that Sterba’s criticism of skeptical theism shares an undesirable trait with all past criticisms of skeptical theism: it fails.
Perry C Hendricks
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Neoclassical Theism as Inherently Dialogical
Religions, 2022 The position usually called “process theism” is seldom called this by one of its most important defenders, Charles Hartshorne. The label he typically uses is “neoclassical theism”. It is important to notice that these two designations are not equivalent.
Daniel A. Dombrowski
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The Metaphysics of Theism: A Classical and Neo-Classical Synthesis
Religions, 2021 This article aims to provide a metaphysical elucidation of the notion of Theism and a coherent theological synthesis of two extensions of this notion: Classical Theism and Neo-Classical Theism.
Joshua Sijuwade
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Theism, Pro-Theism, Hasker, and Gratuitous Evil [PDF]
, 2019 <p>Consider this claim:</p> <p>(1) If God exists, no gratuitous evil occurs.</p> <p>This claim enjoys widespread assent in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. It could be harnessed into an argument for <em>pro-theism</em>: it certainly looks like a reason for thinking that God’s existence would make ...
Klaas J. Kraay
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Bergson, Pan(en)theism, and ‘Being-in-Life’ [PDF]
Sophia, 2022 King‐Ho Leung
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Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2017 ABSTRACTThe divine attributes of omniscience and omnipotence have faced objections to their very consistency. Such objections rely on reasoning parallel to semantic paradoxes such as the Liar or to set-theoretic paradoxes like Russell's paradox. With the advent of paraconsistent logics, dialetheism—the view that some contradictions are true—became a ...
A. J. Cotnoir
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