Divine Action and the Human Mind

Challenges theological models of divine action that locate God's activity in human mind. Emphasizes God's relationship with all of nature.

List of contents

Part I. Divine Action and the 'Hard Problem of Consciousness': 1. Introduction; 2. Contemporary divine action theories and the causal joint; 3. Divine action and mind: Philip Clayton's emergentist thesis; 4. The philosophy and science of the mind; 5. Physicalist approaches to consciousness; Part II. The Theological Turn: Divine Action in the Naturalised Mind: 6. Naturalism(s) and the theological turn in divine action; 7. Theistic naturalism part one: Thomistic divine action; 8. Theistic naturalism part two: panentheistic naturalism; 9. Theistic naturalism part three: a pneumatological assist; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Sarah Lane Ritchie is Lecturer in Theology and Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Ritchie, Sarah Lane Ritchie, Sarah Lane (University of Aberdeen) Ritchie, Sarah Lane (University of Edinburgh) Ritchie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108476515
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47651-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Current Issues in Theology; Current Issues in Theology, Se
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Philosophy of Mind, RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Philosophy of religion