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Record Nr.

UNINA9910586629403321

Autore

Hart Matthew J

Titolo

Does God Intend that Sin Occur? / / by Matthew J Hart, Daniel J Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2022

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031065705

3031065700

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 pages)

Collana

Religion and Philosophy Series

Classificazione

PHI005000PHI022000

Altri autori (Persone)

HillDaniel J

Disciplina

241.3

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Ethics

Philosophy of Religion

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction and Historical Overview -- Chapter 2: Interpreting the Scriptures -- Chapter 3: Triple Effect -- Chapter 4: The Substratum strategy -- Chapter 5: Assessing Interpretative Strategies -- Chapter 6: Passages from the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) -- Chapter 7: Passages from the New Testament -- Chapter 8: Objections and Concerns.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book argues, from a detailed consideration of the Christian Scriptures, that God intends that sin occur. It swims against the tide of current thinking in philosophy of religion, arguing for an unfashionable conclusion. The book begins by considering the history of views on the question, paying particular attention to the Reformed or Calvinistic tradition. The heart of the book is a detailed examination of key passages from the Christian Scriptures that, it is argued, show that God does intend that sin occur. It also discusses in detail two alternative views that could be used to reinterpret these texts, one view that God intends only that the substratum of the sinful action occur, not the sin itself, and the other that God acts because a sin will occur but not intending that that sin occur. The book argues that these



interpretative strategies, even when combined together, do not produce a plausible interpretationof the texts adduced. Dr Matthew J Hart recently acquired a PhD in philosophy from the University of Liverpool. He has publications in such journals as Disputatio, Philosophia Christi, and The European Journal for the Philosophy of Religion. Dr Daniel J Hill has taught in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool since 2000. He is author of Divinity and Maximal Greatness, and co-author of Christian Philosophy: A-Z and The Right to Wear Religious Symbols. He is also the Chair of the Tyndale Fellowship's Study Group in Philosophy of Religion.