02618nam 2200613 a 450 991079193490332120230802012705.01-282-24195-897866138130770-253-00546-9(CKB)2560000000089485(EBL)670302(SSID)ssj0000701117(PQKBManifestationID)11483047(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701117(PQKBWorkID)10674770(PQKB)10720776(MiAaPQ)EBC670302(OCoLC)808215657(MdBmJHUP)muse21436(Au-PeEL)EBL670302(CaPaEBR)ebr10583852(CaONFJC)MIL381307(EXLCZ)99256000000008948520120810d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreation and the sovereignty of God[electronic resource] /Hugh J. McCannBloomington Indiana University Press20121 online resource (295 p.)Indiana series in the philosophy of religionDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-35714-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The case for a creator -- Creation and the natural order -- Eternity -- Evil, freedom, and foreknowledge -- Free will and divine sovereignty -- Sin -- Suffering -- Divine freedom -- Creation and the moral order -- Creation and the conceptual order -- Divine will and divine simplicity.Creation and the Sovereignty of God brings fresh insight to a defense of God. Traditional theistic belief declared a perfect being who creates and sustains everything and who exercises sovereignty over all. Lately, this idea has been contested, but Hugh J. McCann maintains that God creates the best possible universe and is completely free to do so; that God is responsible for human actions, yet humans also have free will; and ultimately, that divine command must be reconciled with natural law. With this distinctive approach to understanding God and the universe, McCann brings new perspectivIndiana series in the philosophy of religion.CreationGodCreation.God.211213McCann Hugh J1475767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791934903321Creation and the sovereignty of God3690061UNINA