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Divine agency and divine action. Volume IV, A theological and philosophical agenda /

In the final of four volumes, the author seeks an account of God as agent. Systematic theology raises deep metaphysical questions about the central concepts we use in our thinking about God. Abraham illumines the concept of God as agent by attending to various traditional problems in Christina doctr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abraham, William J. (William James), 1947-2021 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
God (Christianity) > Attributes.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Dieu (Christianisme) > Attributs.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Analytic.
Movements.
PHILOSOPHY.
Philosophy.
RELIGION.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Christianity
God (Christianity) > Attributes
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • On God as an agent
  • Divine agency, divine freedom, and divine suffering
  • Divine action, grace, and hman agency
  • Particular providence and divine actions
  • Salvation, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and experience of God
  • Divine action in the Eucharist
  • Divine action and skepticism in the Book of Exodus
  • Divine action and the preferential option for the poor
  • Divine action and the charge of sexist discourse
  • Divine action in History
  • Divine action, design, and natural theology
  • Divine action and the demonic
  • Divine action and divine identity in Christianity and Islam