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Divine Action
In Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 308–314 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Varieties of Divine Action God as Agent of Intentional Actions Divine Action and Created Causes Works cited.
divine action God of theistic traditions in the West ‐ being preeminently a God who acts divine action varieties ‐ divine action in these traditions taking a number of forms distinction ‐ sometimes made between general and particular providence God acting at particular times and places ‐ in achieving specific ends narratives of the Hebrew Bible ‐ portraying God as engaging human beings in series of revelatory and redemptive actions distinction between general and particular divine providence ‐ often been collapsed in modern theology God as agent of intentional actions to say that God is eternal ‐ is to say that God exists at all times without beginning or end
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