Abrahamic Reflections on Randomness and Providence

This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since t...

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Other Authors: Clark, Kelly James (Editor), Koperski, Jeffrey (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
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505 0 |a Part I Introduction -- 1. Randomness and Providence: Is God a Bowler or a Curler? -- Part II The Problem(s) Stated -- 2. The Many Faces of Randomness -- 3. Randomness and Providence: Defining the Problem(s) -- Part III Science -- 4. Randomness in the Cosmos -- 5. Randomness, Providence, and the Multiverse -- 6. Can a Muslim be an Evolutionist? -- 7. Chance, Evolution, and the Metaphysical Implications of Paleontological Practice -- Part IV The Abrahamic Faiths -- 8. Judaism and Providence -- 9. Randomness and Providence in Christian Thought -- 10. God, Cosmos, and Humanity: Muslim Perspectives on Divine Providence -- Part V Providence and Chance -- 11. Reconciling Meticulous Divine Providence with Objective Chance -- 12. Creatio Continua and Quantum Randomness -- 13. Causality, Indeterminacy, and Providence: Contemporary Islamic Perspectives from Said Nursi and Basil Altaie -- 14. Divine Action and the Emergence of Four Kinds of Randomness -- 15. God et al.- World-Making as Collaborative Improvisation: New Metaphors for Open Theists -- 16. Saadia on "what is in the hearts of people when they reach the limits of endurance in a trial" -- 17. Randomness, Causation, and Divine Responsibility. 
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