Satisfactory accounts of divine creation

Multiverse theorists provide controversial, unique but unified accounts of divine creation that result in the Anselmian God creating a best world. On what conditions should theists endorse this or any account of divine creation? One available way is to evaluate how well they resolve some intractable...

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Main Author: Naylor, Marshall (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V [2020]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-258
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theism / Creation
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B Multiverse
B Divine Creation
B Philosophical Theology
B God
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Summary:Multiverse theorists provide controversial, unique but unified accounts of divine creation that result in the Anselmian God creating a best world. On what conditions should theists endorse this or any account of divine creation? One available way is to evaluate how well they resolve some intractable problems in philosophical theology. I argue that multiverse accounts do not resolve these problems to a greater degree than some alternative account of divine creation. I conclude that we should endorse the alternative account over multiverse accounts.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-020-09752-0