03863nam 22006255 450 991096522460332120241120175334.0978150171186215017118659781501711855150171185710.7591/9781501711855(CKB)4100000007002595(MiAaPQ)EBC5965039(OCoLC)1132223086(MdBmJHUP)muse71473(DE-B1597)515645(OCoLC)1083603296(DE-B1597)9781501711855(MiAaPQ)EBC31760109(Au-PeEL)EBL31760109(Perlego)2058610(EXLCZ)99410000000700259520190920d2018 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDivine Providence The Molinist Account /Thomas P. Flint1st ed.Ithaca, NY :Cornell University Press,[2018]©20061 online resource (258 pages) illustrationsCornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion9780801434501 0801434505 9780801473364 0801473365 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --PART l. AN EXPLICATION OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT --1. The Twin Bases of Molinism: Providence and Freedom --2. The Molinist Account of Providence --PART II. A DEFENSE OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT --3. Alternative Accounts of Providence --4. Five Thomistic Objections to Molinism --5. The "Grounding" Objection to Middle Knowledge --6. Hasker's Attack on Middle Knowledge --7. Adams and Vicious Circle Arguments --PART III. SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE MOLINIST ACCOUNT --8. Papal lnfallibility --9. Prophecy --10. Unanswered Prayers --11. Praying for Things to Have Happened --Conclusion --IndexThomas 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 would freely choose to act in any situation, even if the person never encounters that situation. Given such knowledge, God can be truly providential while leaving his creatures genuinely free. Divine Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation of the Molinist view ever written. Middle knowledge is hotly debated in philosophical theology, and the controversy spills over into metaphysics and moral philosophy as well. Flint ably defends the concept against its most influential contemporary critics, and shows its importance to Christian practice. With particular originality and sophistication, he applies Molinism to such aspects of providence as prayer, prophecy, and the notion of papal infallibility, teasing out the full range of implications for traditional Christianity.Cornell studies in the philosophy of religion.MolinismProvidence and government of GodChristianityHistory of doctrines16th centuryMolinism.Providence and government of GodChristianityHistory of doctrines231/.5Flint Thomas P.240871DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910965224603321Divine Providence4365185UNINA