1st Edition

Divine and Human Providence Philosophical, Psychological and Theological Approaches

Edited By Ignacio Silva, Simon Kopf Copyright 2021
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

This volume offers an original perspective on divine providence by examining philosophical, psychological, and theological perspectives on human providence as exhibited in virtuous human behaviours. Divine providence is one of the most pressing issues in analytic theology and philosophy of religion today, especially in view of scientific evidence for a natural world full of indeterminacies and... Read more

Introduction

Simon Maria Kopf and Ignacio Silva

1 Prudence and Human Providence: Love and Wisdom

Craig Boyd

2 The Interaction Between Human and Divine Providence

Timothy Pawl

3 Human Providence and Indeterminism: A Libertarian Approach

Neal Judisch 4 Divine Providence and Natural Contingency

Ignacio Silva

5 Cognitive Psychology of Memory and Decision-Making and Human Providence

Connie Svob

6 A Child Developmental Perspective: Understanding Human and Supernatural Limitation and Providence

Emily R.R. Burdett

7 Providence and Predestination

Andrew Pinsent

8 God, Providence and Personhood

Francisco O’Reilly

9 Technology’s ‘Invisible Hand’?: An Account of Divine Providence and the Techno-Scientific Myth of Progress

Michael Burdett

Biography

Ignacio Silva is Associate Professor of Science and Theology at the Philosophy Institute, Austral University, Argentina, and an Associate Member of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, UK.

Simon Maria Kopf is Visiting Lecturer at the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria.