LEADER 02742nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910958317703321 005 20251116221817.0 010 $a9786613813077 010 $a9781282241954 010 $a1282241958 010 $a9780253005465 010 $a0253005469 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089485 035 $a(EBL)670302 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000701117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11483047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10674770 035 $a(PQKB)10720776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670302 035 $a(OCoLC)808215657 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21436 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL670302 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583852 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381307 035 $a(Perlego)568708 035 $a(iGPub)CSPLUS0015375 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089485 100 $a20120810d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreation and the sovereignty of God /$fHugh J. McCann 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aIndiana series in the philosophy of religion 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780253357144 311 08$a0253357144 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aCreation and the Sovereignty of God brings fresh insight to a defense of God. Traditional theistic belief declared a perfect being who creates and sustains everything and who exercises sovereignty over all. Lately, this idea has been contested, but Hugh J. McCann maintains that God creates the best possible universe and is completely free to do so; that God is responsible for human actions, yet humans also have free will; and ultimately, that divine command must be reconciled with natural law. With this distinctive approach to understanding God and the universe, McCann brings new perspectiv 410 0$aIndiana series in the philosophy of religion. 606 $aCreation 606 $aGod 615 0$aCreation. 615 0$aGod. 676 $a211 676 $a213 700 $aMcCann$b Hugh J$01896358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958317703321 996 $aCreation and the sovereignty of God$94550922 997 $aUNINA