Predestination : a guide for the perplexed / Jesse Couenhoven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couenhoven, Jesse, author.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Predestination.

Liberty.

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

x, 191 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, 2018.

Summary:

The concept of predestination has been an essential topic in theology and philosophy since at least the time of St. Augustine, and is notoriously among the most contentious of religious doctrines. Many people of faith have found the belief that God destines them for eternal joy a source of great comfort, but many others have found it deeply troubling. Above all, those who reject predestination have been motivated by concerns about the doctrine's implications for human free will and divine responsibility for evil. Couenhoven addresses these issues by taking up two important questions: “What does predestination actually imply?”, and “How have great theologians defended their doctrines of predestination?” He answers these queries by analyzing why Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Barth found the doctrine attractive, and explaining the different ways in which they combined belief in predestination, freedom, and God's goodness. The book concludes with a constructive chapter in which Couenhoven defends predestination as a doctrine of hope.

Contents:

Introduction

Augustine on the priority of grace

Anselm's libertatrian alternative

Destiny and freedom in Aquinas

Luther and Calvin's divine determinism

Barth's hopeful universalism

Predestination: a moderate defense.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-184) and index.

ISBN:

9780567629951

0567629953

9780567054715

0567054713

OCLC:

1051130950

Publisher Number:

99977947903