Divine and Human Action: Essays in the Metaphysics of Theism

Published by Cornell University Press 1988

Divine and Human Action

Essays in the Metaphysics of Theism

Edited by: Thomas V. Morris

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501746123

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About this book

The past three decades have seen a vigorous upsurge of interest in the philosophy of religion. Nevertheless, a relatively narrow range of topics has dominated the field. This ground-breaking volume, the effort of fifteen leading American philosophers of religion, represents a new movement in Anglo-American philosophical theology; it introduces important topics and fresh approaches to philosophical theology by centering its discussion on the relationship between God and the created universe.

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Thomas V. Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

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William L. Rowe, Purdue University:

This significant, original collection advances our understanding of theistic metaphysics and its capacity to illuminate a variety of fundamental issues. Whether theistic metaphysics becomes a viable alternative to naturalism will depend, in part, on how well it can deal with issues like those treated in this volume.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Thomas V. Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Divine Causality and the Natural World
1. Divine Conservation and the Persistence of the World Jonathan L. Kvanvig and Hugh J. McCann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Divine Conservation, Secondary Causes, and Occasionalism Philip L. Quinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. Medieval Aristotelianism and the Case against Secondary Causation in Nature Alfred J. Freddoso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
4. Individual Essence and the Creation Linda Zagzebski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Part Two. Providence and Creaturely Action
5. Two Accounts of Providence Thomas P. Flint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
6. God's Freedom, Human Freedom, and God's Responsibility for Sin William E. Mann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
7. The Place of Chance in a World Sustained by God Peter van Inwagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
8. Freedom and Actuality John Martin Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Part Three. The Nature of the Divine Agent
9. Divine and Human Action William P. Alston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
10. Being and Goodness Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
11. Divine Necessity and Divine Goodness Keith E. Yandell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
12. How Does God Know the Things He Knows? George I. Mavrodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Keywords: Religious Studies; Philosophy

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Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501746123