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This fresh study from an internationally respected scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras shows how the Reformers and their successors analyzed and reconciled the concepts of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Richard Muller argues that traditional Reformed theology supported a robust theory of an omnipotent divine will and human free choice and drew on a tradition of Western theological and philosophical discussion. The book provides historical perspective on a topic of current interest and debate and offers a corrective to recent discussions.

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Author:   Richard A. Muller
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
Imprint:   Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.554kg
ISBN:  

9781540965981

ISBN 10:   1540965988
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   29 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Part I: Freedom and Necessity in Reformed Thought: The Contemporary Debate 1. Introduction: The Present State of the Question 2. Reformed Thought and Synchronic Contingency: Logical and Historical Issues Part II: Philosophical and Theological Backgrounds: Aristotle, Aquinas, and Duns Scotus 3. Aristotle and Aquinas on Necessity and Contingency 4. Duns Scotus and Late Medieval Perspectives on Freedom Part III: Early Modern Reformed Perspectives: Contingency, Necessity, and Freedom in the Real Order of Being 5. Necessity, Contingency, and Freedom: Reformed Understandings 6. Scholastic Approaches to Necessity, Contingency, and Freedom: Early Modern Reformed Perspectives 7. Divine Power, Possibility, and Actuality 8. Divine Concurrence and Contingency 9. Conclusions

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Richard A. Muller (PhD, Duke University) is P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus and senior fellow of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of numerous books, including the multivolume Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics.

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