Perfect will theology : divine agency in reformed scholasticism as against Suárez, Episcopius, Descartes, and Spinoza / / by J. Martin Bac.

• Superior document: Brill's series in church history ; v. 42
• Author: Bac, J. Martin.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history ; v. 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (579 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book revisits four early-modern debates of Reformed theology concerning the will of God. Reformed scholasticism advocated a particular relationship between divine knowledge, will, and power, which was altered by Jesuits, Remonstrants, Descartes, and Spinoza. In all these debates modal categorie...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / J.M. Bac
• Chapter One. Introduction / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Two. Perfect Will Theology: A Basic Outline / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Three. The Jesuit Counter-Reformation: Conditionalizing Divine Knowledge / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Four. The Remonstrant Debate: Conditionalizing Divine Will / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Five. The Cartesian Controversy: Magnifying Divine Will / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Six. The Spinozist Shift: Magnifying Divine Intellect / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Seven. Modal Logic And Possible Worlds / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Eight. Consistency Of Seventeenth-Century Thought Modal Analysis And Evaluation / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Nine. Perfect Will Theology: A Modal Argument / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Ten. Perfect Will Theology And Human Freedom / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Eleven. Perfect Will Theology And The Problem Of Evil / J.M. Bac
• Chapter Twelve. Epilogue / J.M. Bac
• Appendix: List Of Logical Symbols / J.M. Bac
• Bibliography / J.M. Bac
• Index / J.M. Bac.