Theistic Naturalism and “Special” Divine Providence

Abstract. Although naturalistic perspectives are an important component of their accounts of divine action, most participants in the current dialogue between science and theology eschew a purely naturalistic model. They believe that certain events of divine providence require a special mode of divin...

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Main Author: Knight, Christopher 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2009
In: Zygon
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 533-542
Further subjects:B Providence
B pansacramentalism
B Divine Action
B Panentheism
B Naturalism
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Summary:Abstract. Although naturalistic perspectives are an important component of their accounts of divine action, most participants in the current dialogue between science and theology eschew a purely naturalistic model. They believe that certain events of divine providence require a special mode of divine action, over and above that inherent in naturalistic processes. The analogy of human providential action suggests, however, that a strong theistic naturalism can account for these events. This model does not depend on a particular notion of God's relationship to time and is not inherently implausible from a scientific perspective. Although it can be interpreted deistically, the model also is consonant with a nondeistic theology that may be described as involving a pansacramental or incarnational naturalism.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01014.x