Augustine on Creation, Providence and Motion
Augustine's theology of creation has been criticized for its Platonic tendency to denigrate matter and for a supposedly extrinsic view of divine providence that is reminiscent of design and even deism. This article counters such criticism and argues that Augustine explicitly blends extrinsic an...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2016]
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International journal of systematic theology
Jahr: 2016, Band: 18, Heft: 4, Seiten: 379-398 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum NBC Gotteslehre NBD Schöpfungslehre |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Augustine's theology of creation has been criticized for its Platonic tendency to denigrate matter and for a supposedly extrinsic view of divine providence that is reminiscent of design and even deism. This article counters such criticism and argues that Augustine explicitly blends extrinsic and intrinsic notions of providential teleological order. For Augustine, God ‘administers externally the natures he has created internally’ by inscribing the rationes seminales within creatures and conferring motion through the mediation of measure, number and weight. By resisting a dualism of intrinsic and extrinsic teleological order, Augustine avoids many of the problems that characterize modern theologies of creation and provides a more coherent account of divine providence. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12171 |
