Free Will and the Christian Faith
Oxford University Press (1990)
| Abstract | Libertarians such as J.R. Lucas have abandoned traditional Christian doctrines because they cannot reconcile them with the freedom of the will. Traditional Christian thinkers such as Augustine have repudiated libertarianism because they cannot reconcile it with the dogmas of the Faith. In Free Will and the Christian Faith, W.S. Anglin demonstrates that free will and traditional Christianity are ineed compatible. He examines, and solves, puzzles about the relationships between free will and omnipotence, omniscience, and God's goodness, using the idea of free will to answer the question of why God allows evil, and presenting arguments that link free will to eternal life and to the nature of revelation. Topics covered include the meaning of life, the soul and Lesbegue measure, and strategies for discerning the voice of God. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Free will and determinism God (Christianity Will God (Christianity Omniscience God (Christianity Omnipotence | |||||||||
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| Call number | BJ1461.A54 1990 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 019823936X | |||||||||
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