On Polkinghorne’s Unification of General Providence, Special Providence and Miracle
John Polkinghorne claims there are no real distinctions between general providence, special providence and miracle. In this paper I determine whether this claim could be true given Polkinghorne’s wider account of these types of divine action. I conclude that this claim could be true, but only given...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Netherlands
2010
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Sophia
Année: 2010, Volume: 49, Numéro: 4, Pages: 577-589 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Miracle
B General providence B John Polkinghorne B Special providence B Divine Action |
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Résumé: | John Polkinghorne claims there are no real distinctions between general providence, special providence and miracle. In this paper I determine whether this claim could be true given Polkinghorne’s wider account of these types of divine action. I conclude that this claim could be true, but only given a particular reading of Polkinghorne. I then defend this reading in light of two potential objections. |
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ISSN: | 1873-930X |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-010-0228-y |