Divine Action and Modern Science
Title | Divine Action and Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Saunders |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2002-10-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780521524162 |
A radical critique of current attempts to reconcile natural sciences with the concept of divine action.
Divine Action and the Human Mind
Title | Divine Action and the Human Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Lane Ritchie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2019-07-25 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1108476511 |
Challenges theological models of divine action that locate God's activity in human mind. Emphasizes God's relationship with all of nature.
Unlocking Divine Action
Title | Unlocking Divine Action PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Dodds |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2012-09-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0813219892 |
Provides a sustained account of how the thought of Aquinas may be used in conjunction with contemporary science to deepen our understanding of divine action and address such issues as creation, providence, prayer, and miracles.
God and the Cosmos
Title | God and the Cosmos PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Lee Poe |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2012-02-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830839542 |
Theologian Harry Lee Poe and chemist Jimmy H. Davis argue that God's interaction with our world is a possibility affirmed equally by the Bible and the contemporary scientific record. Rather than confirming that the cosmos is closed to the actions of the divine, advancing scientific knowledge seems to indicate that the nature of the universe is actually open to the unique type of divine activity portrayed in the Bible.
Divine Action in the Context of Modern Science
Title | Divine Action in the Context of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Saunders |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1999 |
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Divine Action
Title | Divine Action PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Ward |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780005992050 |
Divine Action, Determinism, and the Laws of Nature
Title | Divine Action, Determinism, and the Laws of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Koperski |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2019-11-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 042964275X |
A longstanding question at the intersection of science, philosophy, and theology is how God might act, or not, when governing the universe. Many believe that determinism would prevent God from acting at all, since to do so would require violating the laws of nature. However, when a robust view of these laws is coupled with the kind of determinism now used in dynamics, a new model of divine action emerges. This book presents a new approach to divine action beyond the current focus on quantum mechanics and esoteric gaps in the causal order. It bases this approach on two general points. First, that there are laws of nature is not merely a metaphor. Second, laws and physical determinism are now understood in mathematically precise ways that have important implications for metaphysics. The explication of these two claims shows not only that nonviolationist divine action is possible, but there is considerably more freedom available for God to act than current models allow. By bringing a philosophical perspective to an issue often dominated by theologians and scientists, this text redresses an imbalance in the discussion around divine action. It will, therefore, be of keen interest to scholars of Philosophy and Religion, the Philosophy of Science, and Theology.