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Unlocking divine action : contemporary science & Thomas Aquinas / Michael J. Dodds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodds, Michael J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Providence and government of God--Christianity.
- Providence and government of God.
- Causation.
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a sustained account of how the thought of Aquinas may be used in conjunction with contemporary science to deepen our understanding of divine action and address such issues as creation, providence, prayer, and miracles.
- Contents:
- Causality in Aquinas
- Causality locked and unlocked in empirical science
- Locking divine action in modern science
- Unlocking divine action through the new theories of contemporary science
- Unlocking divine action through the new causality of contemporary science
- Divine action and the causality of creatures
- Providence, prayer, and miracles.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1990-6
- OCLC:
- 815281357
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