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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bac, J. Martin.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; v. 42.

Brill's series in church history ; v. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Providence and government of God--Christianity.

Providence and government of God.

God (Christianity)--Will.

God (Christianity).

Scholasticism.

Reformed Church--Doctrines--History.

Reformed Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (579 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 categories like contingency and necessity play a prominent part. Therefore, these positions are evaluated with the help of modern modal logic including possible world semantics. The final part of this study presents a systematic defense of the Reformed position, which has been charged of theological determinism and of making God the author of sin. In modern terms, therefore, the relation of divine and human freedom and the problem of evil are discussed.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-553) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78681-4

9786612786815

90-04-19344-8

OCLC:

668214561

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004182905.i-561 DOI