Divine agency and divine action. Volume IV, A theological and philosophical agenda / William J. Abraham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abraham, William J. (William James), 1947- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Christianity)--Attributes.

God (Christianity).

Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Systematic theology raises deep metaphysical questions about the central concepts we use in our thinking about God. If God is an agent, the question of how to articulate this conviction arises. Abraham illumines the concept of God as agent by attending to various traditional problems in Christian doctrine like the relation of freedom and grace, divine action in liberation theology, the presence of God in the Eucharist, divine providence, the relationship of Christianity and Islam, the relation of the natural sciences to theology and apparent design, and the realm of the demonic. Divine action is the point of departure for reflection on these topics. It not only clarifies the concept of God as an agent but also solutions to these traditional problems.

Contents:

Cover

Divine Agency and Divine Action: A Theological and Philosophical Agenda

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction: Orientation

1: On God as an Agent

2: Divine Agency, Divine Freedom, and Divine Suffering

3: Divine Action, Grace, and Human Agency

4: Particular Providence and Divine Actions

5: Salvation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and Experience of God

6: Divine Action in the Eucharist

7: Divine Action and Skepticism in the Book of Exodus

8: Divine Action and the Preferential Option for the Poor

9: Divine Action and the Charge of Sexist Discourse

10: Divine Action in History

11: Divine Action, Design, and Natural Theology

12: Divine Action and the Demonic

13: Divine Action and Divine Identity in Christianity and Islam

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 21, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-109009-3

0-19-265398-9

0-19-182881-5

OCLC:

1256822906