Divine Action: Challenges for Muslim and Christian Theology

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The first book with a focus on free will theism with Christian and Muslim contributions on Divine Action. Muslims and Christians both believe in a personal God who cares for humans and is present in the life of religious believers. They address God in their petitionary prayers, give thanks to God for God's mercy and they long for God's justice. But is it still possible to give thanks to God for our lives if so many others around us seem to suffer without just cause? How can we rely on the power of intercession and divine involvement, if so many other urgent pleas to God appear to go unanswered? This book formulates Muslim and Christian responses to these questions from important contemporary scholars from both traditions - as Ebrahim Moosa, Muhammad Legenhausen, Juliane Hammer, Gregory Boyd and both editors of the book. Contents Introduction Part 1 Open Theism 1. Providence in Light of an Open God and an Open Future 2. Philosophical Arguments for an Openist Account of Divine Action 3. Divine Action and Future Knowledge. Islamic Philosophical Theology in Discussion with Christian Open Theism 4. The Question of Anthropomorphism in Transcendental and Open Theology 5. Sanders in Dialogue with Muslim Responses to Open Theism Part 2 Continental Free Will Theism and Process View 6. Relational Theism and Divine Free Will 7. “I am who I am” (Ex 3,14). A Christian Examination of Divine Freedom 8. Iqbal’s Process Worldview. Toward a New Islamic Understanding of the Divine Action Part 3 Classical Theism and Postmodern Perspectives 9. On Seeing the Hand of God 10. Divine Action and Postmodernism 11. Divine Will and Social Justice. Reflections on Muslims, Feminist Activism, and God 12. A Theological Gaze at the Human Condition. Considering Divine Action and Human Responsibility Bibliography Contributors Person Index Пустая страница