Science and Faith in Dialogue presents a cogent, compelling case for concordance between science theism. The term theism refers, this book, to the belief God's existence. Within theology, is often used convey range of presuppositions about nature attributes God. Based on scientific natural theological perspectives, two pillars theology are revisited: Cosmological Argument from Design. book argu...

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I argue that Graham Oppy’s attempt to redefend his charge that all modal theistic arguments “must be question-begging” is unsuccessful. Oppy’s attempt to show that theism and modal concretism are compatible is not only tangential for his purposes, it is marred by a misunderstanding of theism, and vulnerable to a counterexample that actually demonstrates incompatibility. Moreover, the notion of ...

Theological engagement with quantum mechanics has been dominated by the Copenhagen interpretation, failing to reflect fact that philosophers and physicists alike are increasingly moving away from interpretation in favor of other approaches. One such approach, Hugh Everett's so-called Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI), is being taken seriously. As MWI's credibility grows, it imperative metaphysic...

This Special Edition includes articles discussing the many alternatives to various forms of theism found among majority religious and some philosophical traditions [...]

Abstract According to classical theism, the universe depends on God in a way that goes beyond mere (efficient) causation. I have previously argued this ‘deep dependence’ of is best understood as type grounding. In recent paper journal, Aaron Segal argues doctrine deep dependence causes problems for creaturely free will: if our choices are grounded facts about God, and we no control over these f...

In Chapter 12 of Warrant and Proper Function, Alvin Plantinga constructs two arguments against evolutionary naturalism, which he construes as a conjunction E&N . The hypothesis E says that “human cognitive faculties arose by way of the mechanisms to which contemporary evolutionary thought directs our attention (p. 220).” With respect to proposition N , Plantinga (p. 270) says “it isn’t easy to ...