Is The God-World Relationship Based on Unilateral or Reciprocal Causation?
In this article, I set forth my understanding of reciprocal causality between God and finite entities in three stages, beginning with Aristotle's analysis of change in this world. Afterwards, I examine the way in which Aquinas used the causal scheme of Aristotle in his Christian understandin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2018]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 119-139 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ World
/ Causality
/ One-sidedness
/ Reciprocity
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| IxTheo Classification: | NAB Fundamental theology NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | In this article, I set forth my understanding of reciprocal causality between God and finite entities in three stages, beginning with Aristotle's analysis of change in this world. Afterwards, I examine the way in which Aquinas used the causal scheme of Aristotle in his Christian understanding of the God-world relationship. Finally, I indicate how both Aristotle's philosophy and Aquinas's approach to the God-world relationship should be rethought so as to be more in line with contemporary scientific understanding of the evolution of life from non-life and the emergence of progressively higher-order life-systems out of lower-order life-systems within creation. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i4.2621 |