Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation
Author:   Scott A. Davison (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Morehead State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198757740


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   16 February 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Scott A. Davison (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Morehead State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.314kg
ISBN:  

9780198757740


ISBN 10:   0198757743
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   16 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Challenges and Defenses 2: Petitionary Prayer Characterized 3: Divine Freedom Challenges 4: Epistemological Challenges 5: Epistemological Defenses 6: Divine Goodness and Praying for Others 7: Responsibility-Based Defenses 8: Self-Directed Petitionary Prayer and New Defenses 9: Practical Questions and the Nature of Faith 10: Conclusion Bibliography

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Davison manages to balance negative and positive, raising pertinent puzzles while highlighting answers that have some theistic plausibility. --Notre Dame Philosophical Review


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Scott A. Davison is Professor of Philosophy at Morehead State University. He has written extensively on issues related to divine providence and human freedom, including entries concerning prophecy and petitionary prayer for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and he is the author of On the Intrinsic Value of Everything (Continuum, 2012). He currently serves as Associate Editor for Faith and Philosophy and as the book review editor for the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. A former research fellow in the Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland in Galway, he also taught Philosophy at Calvin College and Minzu University of China, served on the Executive Committee of the Society of Christian Philosophers, and is past president of the Society for Philosophy of Religion.

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