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Divine Providence

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Description for Divine Providence Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 428.

Divine Providence is a remarkable book that should quickly earn its place as the leading authoritative contemporary exposition and defense of Molinism. ―William Hasker, author of God, Time, and Knowledge

Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence sketched by Luis de Molina, the sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the all-knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism. The Molinist concept of middle knowledge holds that God knows, though he has ... Read more

Divine Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation of the Molinist view ever written. Middle knowledge is hotly debated in philosophical theology, and the controversy spills over into metaphysics and moral philosophy as well. Flint ably defends the concept against its most influential contemporary critics, and shows its importance to Christian practice. With particular originality and sophistication, he applies Molinism to such aspects of providence as prayer, prophecy, and the notion of papal infallibility, teasing out the full range of implications for traditional Christianity.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801473364
SKU
V9780801473364
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About Thomas P. Flint
Thomas P. Flint is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of Christian Philosophy and coeditor of Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology.

Reviews for Divine Providence
I am very impressed with Flint's discussion. He does an extraordinary job of setting forth clearly the Molinist metaphysical perspective and defending the engine that drives this system—God's middle knowledge—from attack. In fact his discussion of middle knowledge and the intricate interesting philosophical issues this concept continues to generate in current, mainstream philosophy of religion is, I believe, the best ... Read more

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