Free will and classical theism : the significance of freedom in perfect being theology

Free will and classical theism : the significance of freedom in perfect being theology / edited by Hugh J. McCann.

The articles in the present collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those probl...

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Other Authors: McCann, Hugh J., 1942- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Theism.
God (Christianity) > Attributes.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Theology.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity
God (Christianity) > Attributes
Theism
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Free Will and Classical Theism; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Central Issues; 1. The Problem of Fr** W*ll; 2. Theological Fatalism as an Aporetic Problem; 3. Responsibility and Freedom; 4. Compatibilism and the Free Will Defense; Part II: Historical Aspects; 5. The Indicative in the Imperative: On Augustinian Oughts and Cans; 6. Anselmian Alternatives and Frankfurt-​Style Counterexamples; 7. Libertarian Calvinism; Part III: Divine Freedom
  • 8. The Best Thing in Life Is Free: The Compatibility of God's Freedom and His Essential Moral Perfection9. Two Pictures of Divine Choice; Part IV: Divine Omnicausality and Responsibility; 10. Divine Universal Causality Without Occasionalism (and with Agent-​Causation); 11. Theological Determinism and the Relationship with God; Index

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