Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-79999-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

This new collection of philosophically rigorous essays critiques the interpretation of divine omniscience known as open theism, focusing primarily on philosophically motivated open theism and positing arguments that reject divine knowledge of future contingents in the face of the dilemma of freedom and foreknowledge. The sixteen new essays in this collection, written by some of the most renowned philosophers on the topic of divine providence, represent a philosophical attempt to seriously consider open theism. They cover a wide variety of issues, including: the ontology of time, systematic metaphysics, perfect being theology, the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, the problem of evil, and the nature of divine knowledge in general. Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism advances the discussion by wrestling against the assertions of open theism, and will be of interest to both proponents and opponents of this controversial issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arbour, Benjamin H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Benjamin H. Arbour

Part I: Open Theism and the Metaphysics of Time

1. The Openness of God: Eternity and Free Will

Eleonore Stump

2. God’s Knowledge of an Unreal Future

Sandra Visser

3. A Few Worries About the Systematic Metaphysics of Open Future Open Theism

Benjamin H. Arbour

Part II: Open Theism and Other Philosophical Issues

4. Open Theism and Origins Essentialism: A New Argument Against Open Theism

David Alexander

5. The ‘Openness’ in Compatibilism

Paul Helm

6. Foreknowledge, Freedom, and Vicious Circles: Anselm vs. Open Theism

Katherin Rogers

7. On Open Theism, Either God Has False Beliefs, or I Can Know Something That God Cannot Know

Robert B. Stewart

Part III: Open Theism and Other Issues in Philosophical Theology

8. "May it Have Happened Lord!": Open Theism and Past Directed Prayers

James Anderson

9. Open Theism, Risk-Taking, and the Problem of Evil

Greg Welty

10. Open Theism and the Soteriological Problem of Evil

Kenneth Perszyk

11. Jesus Didn’t Die for Your Sins: Open Theism, Atonement, and the Pastoral Problem of Evil

Keith Wyma

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin H. Arbour is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Weatherford College, USA