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Free will and classical theism : the significance of freedom in perfect being theology / edited by Hugh J. McCann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Free will and determinism.
- Theism.
- God (Christianity)--Attributes.
- God (Christianity).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages)
- Other Title:
- Significance of freedom in perfect being theology
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- The articles in this collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems.
- Contents:
- Central issues
- The problem of fr** w*ll
- Theological fatalism as an aporetic problem
- Responsibility and freedom
- Compatibilism and the free will defense
- Historical aspects
- The indicative in the imperative : on Augustinian oughts and cans
- Anselmian alternatives and frankfurt-style counterexamples
- Libertarian Calvinism
- Diving freedom
- The best thing in life is free : the compatibility of God's freedom and his essential moral perfection
- Two pictures of divine choice
- Divine omnicausality and responsibility
- Divine universal causality without occasionalism (and with agent-causation)
- Theological determinism and the relationship with God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-065873-8
- 0-19-061122-7
- 0-19-061121-9
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