Divine action and the human mind
by
 
Ritchie, Sarah Lane, 1985- author.

Title
Divine action and the human mind

Author
Ritchie, Sarah Lane, 1985- author.

ISBN
9781108568609

Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 373 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Series
Current issues in theology
 
Current issues in theology.

General Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Aug 2019).

Abstract
Is the human mind uniquely nonphysical or even spiritual, such that divine intentions can meet physical realities? As scholars in science and religion have spent decades attempting to identify a 'causal joint' between God and the natural world, human consciousness has been often privileged as just such a locus of divine-human interaction. However, this intuitively dualistic move is both out of step with contemporary science and theologically insufficient. By discarding the God-nature model implied by contemporary noninterventionist divine action theories, one is freed up to explore theological and metaphysical alternatives for understanding divine action in the mind. Sarah Lane Ritchie suggests that a theologically robust theistic naturalism offers a more compelling vision of divine action in the mind. By affirming that to be fully natural is to be involved with God's active presence, one may affirm divine action not only in the human mind, but throughout the natural world.

Subject Term
Providence and government of God -- Christianity.
 
Philosophy of mind.
 
Religion and science.
 
Theism.
 
Naturalism.

Electronic Access
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108568609


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Online LibraryE-Book506282-1001BT135 .R57 2019Elektronik Kütüphane