Creation and the sovereignty of God / Hugh J. McCann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, Hugh J.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Creation and the Sovereignty of God brings fresh insight to a defense of God. Traditional theistic belief declared a perfect being who creates and sustains everything and who exercises sovereignty over all. Lately, this idea has been contested, but Hugh J. McCann maintains that God creates the best possible universe and is completely free to do so; that God is responsible for human actions, yet humans also have free will; and ultimately, that divine command must be reconciled with natural law. With this distinctive approach to understanding God and the universe, McCann brings new perspectiv

Contents:

The case for a creator

Creation and the natural order

Eternity

Evil, freedom, and foreknowledge

Free will and divine sovereignty

Sin

Suffering

Divine freedom

Creation and the moral order

Creation and the conceptual order

Divine will and divine simplicity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613813077

9781282241954

1282241958

9780253005465

0253005469

OCLC:

808215657