Why Did The One Not Remain Within Itself?

God's creative act, if genuinely free, would ground the existence of creatures without necessitating them. Since God is perfectly responsive to reason, his freely creating requires that he have an adequate but non-coercive reason to create. A coercive reason for an act is one that outweighs the...

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Main Author: Johnston, Mark 1954- (Author)
Contributors: Pearce, Kenneth L. (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: University Press [2019]
In: Oxford studies in philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Pages: 106-164
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B God / Creation / Foundations of
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God