A Trinitarian Metaphysics of Predestination and Human Freedom
According to Andrea Vestrucci, an oppositional framework governs the debate between free will and determinism, but Martin Luther upends this framework by a view of God that brings free will and determinism together. I argue that this debate is governed by an impersonal dialectic of fate vs. chance....
| Published in: | Theology and science |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Theology and science
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| RelBib Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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B Free Will B Paradox B cosmic personalism B Trinitarian Theology B Predestination |
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| Summary: | According to Andrea Vestrucci, an oppositional framework governs the debate between free will and determinism, but Martin Luther upends this framework by a view of God that brings free will and determinism together. I argue that this debate is governed by an impersonal dialectic of fate vs. chance. However, a constructive Trinitarian theology could overcome this impersonal dialectic since the triune God is exhaustively personal. In addition, God’s relationship with creation is analogical, rather than dialectical. Within a Trinitarian framework, therefore, predestination secures human freedom because a personal God establishes the human personality and because divine and human causality vary directly, rather than inversely, within an analogical relationship. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Recalibrating the Logic of Free Will with Martin Luther (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1786217 |