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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809033103321

Titolo

Providence, scripture, and resurrection [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Rea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-299-13287-1

0-19-155332-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Oxford readings in philosophical theology ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

ReaMichael M

Disciplina

230.01

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Providence and government of God

Resurrection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I . PROVIDENCE; 1. Two Accounts of Providence; 2. The Impossibility of Middle Knowledge; 3. Middle Knowledge, Truth-Makers, and the 'Grounding Objection'; 4. Divine Providence and Simple Foreknowledge; 5. The Place of Chance in a World Sustained by God; II. SCRIPTURE AND REVELATION; 6. Revelation; 7. The Concept of Inspiration; 8. 'Men Moved By the Holy Spirit Spoke from God' (2 Peter 1.21): A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Biblical Inspiration; 9. Accepting the Authority of the Bible: Is It Rationally Justified?

10. The Bible Canon and the Christian Doctrine of Inspiration11. The Unity Behind the Canon; 12. Visits to the Sepulcher and Biblical Exegesis; 13. Two (or More) Kinds of Scripture Scholarship; 14. Reformed Epistemology and Biblical Hermeneutics; III. MATERIALISM AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD; 15. The Possibility of Resurrection; 16. The Compatibility of Materialism and Survival: The 'Falling Elevator' Model; 17. Need a Christian be a Mind/Body Dualist?; 18. The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting; 19. Against Materialism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P

QR; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past sixty years, within the analytic tradition of philosophy,



there has been a significant revival of interest in the philosophy of religion. More recently, philosophers of religion have turned in a more self-consciously interdisciplinary direction, with special focus on topics that have traditionally been the provenance of systematic theologians in the Christian tradition. The present volumes Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology, volumes 1 and 2aim to bringtogether some of the most important essays on six central topics in recent philosophical theology. Volume 1 collects essays