| Divine Providence: The Molinist Account (Revised) Contributor(s): Flint, Thomas P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801434505 ISBN-13: 9780801434501 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism - Religion | Philosophy - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 231.5 |
| LCCN: 97036673 |
| Series: Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - French - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 has no control over, truths about how any individual |
Contributor Bio(s): Flint, Thomas P.: - Thomas P. Flint is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of Christian Philosophy and coeditor of Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology. |
