Book contents
- Theological Determinism
- Theological Determinism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Theological Determinism and Creation
- Chapter 2 Am I Here by Accident?
- Chapter 3 You Searched Me and Knew Me
- Chapter 4 Fatalism and Some Varieties of Contrastive Explanation
- Chapter 5 Divine Transcendence
- Chapter 6 The Incompatibility of Universal, Determinate Divine Action with Human Free Will
- Chapter 7 Natural Compatibilists Should Be Theological Compatibilists
- Chapter 8 An Argument for Theological Incompatibilism
- Chapter 9 Human Freedom and the Inevitability of Sin
- Chapter 10 Hard Theological Determinism and Divine Forgiveness Are Incompatible
- Chapter 11 Moral Luck, Free Will Theodicies, and Theological Determinism
- Chapter 12 Divine Determinism and Gratitude for Sins
- Chapter 13 The Problem of Trust
- Chapter 14 Toward a Reactive Attitudes Theodicy
- Chapter 15 Christ in Gethsemane
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 2 - Am I Here by Accident?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2022
- Theological Determinism
- Theological Determinism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Theological Determinism and Creation
- Chapter 2 Am I Here by Accident?
- Chapter 3 You Searched Me and Knew Me
- Chapter 4 Fatalism and Some Varieties of Contrastive Explanation
- Chapter 5 Divine Transcendence
- Chapter 6 The Incompatibility of Universal, Determinate Divine Action with Human Free Will
- Chapter 7 Natural Compatibilists Should Be Theological Compatibilists
- Chapter 8 An Argument for Theological Incompatibilism
- Chapter 9 Human Freedom and the Inevitability of Sin
- Chapter 10 Hard Theological Determinism and Divine Forgiveness Are Incompatible
- Chapter 11 Moral Luck, Free Will Theodicies, and Theological Determinism
- Chapter 12 Divine Determinism and Gratitude for Sins
- Chapter 13 The Problem of Trust
- Chapter 14 Toward a Reactive Attitudes Theodicy
- Chapter 15 Christ in Gethsemane
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I explore how an indeterminist/libertarian model and a determinist/compatibilist model fare with regards to understanding divine providence, with particular emphasis on the issue of the extent to which it is variously open on these views to hold that humanity (and each of us as individuals) is intended. Is it possible for someone who holds a view of divine providence that is “looser” than the meticulous view that comes when one sees the world through theological-deterministic lenses to see humanity in general and each of us as individuals as other than unintended? To what extent are we here “by accident”?
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- Theological DeterminismNew Perspectives, pp. 30 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022