RT Article
T1 On the Idea that God is Continuously Re-creating the Universe
JF Sophia
VO 46
IS 1
SP 7
OP 20
A1 Pavelich, Andrew
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785589466
AB Many theists believe that God is continuously acting to sustain the universe in existence. One way of understanding this act of sustenance is to see God as actually creating the universe anew at each moment. This paper argues against the coherence of this view by drawing out some of its consequences. I argue that the re-creationist must deny the causal efficacy of created f things, as well as the identity of things across time. Most problematically, I argue that re-creationism ultimately denies the reality of time itself.
K1 Identity
K1 Occasionalism
K1 Causality
K1 Re-creation
K1 Time
K1 God
DO 10.1007/s11841-007-0010-y