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Divine Providence : the Molinist Account /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flint, Thomas P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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