Introduction

Summary

The Introduction begins with a cursory overview of divine determinism, which will be further refined and nuanced in Chapter 1. It then provides an overview of the scope of the work. In short, this work sets out to examine the challenges, rather than the benefits, of adopting divine determinism. It does not, then, propose to settle the question of whether this view should be accepted or not, but merely attempts to ascertain how costly such an acceptance would be by an examination of arguments against this view together with an analysis of possible responses to such arguments. Finally, the Introduction provides a summary of each chapter so that readers may gain a bird’s-eye view of the work and so that those interested solely in particular arguments or issues may direct their attention to specific chapters.