Divine Providence: The Molinist Account

by Thomas P. Flint

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Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence sketched by Luis de Molina, the sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the all-knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism. The Molinist concept of middle knowledge holds that God knows, though he...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801473365

ISBN13:9780801473364

Release Date:October 2006

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

16th Century Catholicism Christian Books & Bibles Christianity Education & Reference Free Will & Determinism History & Surveys Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Theology

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