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  • Is God a Free-Range Parent?

  • Cheryl K. Chen
  • Journal:
    Think / Volume 23 / Issue 67 / Summer 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 March 2024, pp. 5-10
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    Summer 2024
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  • If a benevolent and all-powerful God exists, how can there be so much suffering? Could God have created a better world? Or is evil the price we pay for freedom of the will?

Open Theism

Open Theism
  • Alan R. Rhoda
  • Published online:
    22 February 2024
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    21 March 2024
  • This Element shows Open theism as a monotheist model of God according to which the future is objectively open-ended, not just from the finite perspective of creation, but from God's perspective as well. This Element has three main sections. The first carefully defines open theism, distinguishes its major variants, compares it to other monotheistic models, and summarizes its history. The second develops biblical and philosophical arguments for open theism against its main rivals, emphasizing a novel philosophical argument that a causally open future must also be ontically, alethically, epistemically, and providentially open as well. The third responds to common objections against open theism related to perfect being theology, the ethics of risk-taking, biblical prophecy, and theological tradition.

  • Probing the mind of God: divine beliefs and credences

  • Elizabeth Jackson, Justin Mooney
  • Journal:
    Religious Studies / Volume 58 / Issue S1 / October 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    22 November 2021, pp. S61-S75
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    October 2022
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  • Although much has been written about divine knowledge, and some on divine beliefs, virtually nothing has been written about divine credences. In this article we comparatively assess four views on divine credences: (1) God has only beliefs, not credences; (2) God has both beliefs and credences; (3) God has only credences, not beliefs; and (4) God has neither credences nor beliefs, only knowledge. We weigh the costs and benefits of these four views and draw connections to current discussions in philosophical theology.

  • Is God a person? Maimonides, Crescas, and beyond

  • Samuel Lebens
  • Journal:
    Religious Studies / Volume 58 / Issue S1 / October 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 September 2021, pp. S34-S60
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    October 2022
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  • Drawing from multiple generations of Jewish philosophy (from Maimonides until today), this article argues for the seemingly paradoxical conclusion that God is both fully, and not at all, a person. The apparent contradiction in this conclusion is resolved by appeal to a two-layered ontology.