{"product_id":"divine-providence-the-molinist-account-cornell-studies-in-the-philosophy-of-religion-9780801473364","title":"Divine Providence: The Molinist Account (Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDivine Providence is a remarkable book that should quickly earn its place as the leading authoritative contemporary exposition and defense of Molinism. William Hasker  author of God  Time  and Knowledge Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence sketched by Luis de Molina  the sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the all-knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism. The Molinist concept of middle knowledge holds that God knows  though he has no control over  truths about how any individual would freely choose to act in any situation  even if the person never encounters that situation. Given such knowledge  God can be truly providential while leaving his creatures genuinely free. Divine Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation of the Molinist view ever written. Middle knowledge is hotly debated in philosophical theology  and the controversy spills over into metaphysics and moral philosophy as well. Flint ably defends the concept against its most influential contemporary critics  and shows its importance to Christian practice. With particular originality and sophistication  he applies Molinism to such aspects of providence as prayer  prophecy  and the notion of papal infallibility  teasing out the full range of implications for traditional Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953288110133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801473365","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801473364.jpg?v=1788184166","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/divine-providence-the-molinist-account-cornell-studies-in-the-philosophy-of-religion-9780801473364","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}