Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I lays the groundwork for a
constructive contribution to the contemporary debate regarding divine
action. Noted scholar, William J. Abraham argues that the concept of
divine action is not a closed concept-like knowledge-but an open
concept with a variety of context-dependent meanings. The volume
charts the history of debate about divine action among key Anglophone
philosophers of religion, and observes that they were largely
committed to this erroneous understanding of divine action as a closed
concept. After developing an argument that divine action should be
understood as an open, fluid concept, Abraham engages the work of
William Alston, Process metaphysics, quantum physics, analytic Thomist
philosophy of religion, and the theology of Kathryn Tanner. Abraham
argues that divine action as an open concept must be shaped by
distinctly theological considerations, and thus all future work on
divine action among philosophers of religion must change to accord
with this vision. Only deep engagement with the Christian theological
tradition will remedy the problems ailing contemporary discourse on
divine action.
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ISBN
9780192517753
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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