Divine Providence : : The Molinist Account / / Thomas P. Flint.
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 indiv...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) :; 5 figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART l. AN EXPLICATION OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT
- 1. The Twin Bases of Molinism: Providence and Freedom
- 2. The Molinist Account of Providence
- PART II. A DEFENSE OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT
- 3. Alternative Accounts of Providence
- 4. Five Thomistic Objections to Molinism
- 5. The "Grounding" Objection to Middle Knowledge
- 6. Hasker's Attack on Middle Knowledge
- 7. Adams and Vicious Circle Arguments
- PART III. SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT
- 8. Papal lnfallibility
- 9. Prophecy
- 10. Unanswered Prayers
- 11. Praying for Things to Have Happened
- Conclusion
- Index