R T Mullins
Biographic Data
| ID | 1177672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R T Mullins |
| GIVEN NAMES | R T |
| FAMILY NAME | Mullins |
| SIGNATURE | MULLINS R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lucerne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3683-1263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The precreation moment is easy to find
Presentism and the Grounding Objection
From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker
This book offers the most extensive exploration of divine temporality to date. It focuses on five main questions. First, what is time? Second, how is God responsible for the existence of time? Third, what does it mean to say that God is temporal? Fourth, what kind of structure might God give to a time series? Fifth, what are the implications for theological doctrines such as the Trinity, creation, providence, and life after death? The author offe…
Getting tense about the atonement
Does Providence Entail Divine Temporality? Maybe
Within contemporary Christian philosophical theology, there are three broad theories of providence being debated. These are theological determinism, Molinism, and open theism. Of course, there are nuances amongst proponents of each theory, but the nuances are not terribly important for my purposes in this essay. I will argue that the basic conceptual machinery of each theory seems to entail divine temporality. Since open theists are already commi…
The aloneness argument against classical theism
We argue that there is a conflict among classical theism's commitments to divine simplicity, divine creative freedom, and omniscience. We start by defining key terms for the debate related to classical theism. Then we articulate a new argument, the Aloneness Argument, aiming to establish a conflict among these attributes. In broad outline, the argument proceeds as follows. Under classical theism, it's possible that God exists without anything apa…
Omnisubjectivity and the problem of creepy divine emotions
Over the past century, divine passibility has become the majority view within Christian theology and philosophy of religion. Yet it faces a serious objection from proponents of impassibility that I shall call the Problem of Creepy Emotions. In this article, I shall develop the objection in detail, and explore two ways for divine passibilists to answer this objection. I shall do this in several steps. First, I will offer some brief historical rema…
The Creator/Creature Distinction in Debates over Models of God
In contemporary theology, one can find an array of models of God to choose from. There are various types of arguments that one can put forth in order to reject one model, or to defend another model. In this paper, I wish to examine one popular type of argument. This argument typically says that one should reject a model of God that blurs the creator/creature distinction. The problem with this kind of argument is that it usually begs the question …
Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not
The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or "gods", is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural Religion). It is unclear, however, whether theism is natural. Does the god concept that our cognitive biases and systems give rise to approximate theism? In other words, is Natural Religion "theism-tracking"? As Christian theologians have different views of what God is like…
The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility
There is a particular question that has plagued classical Christian theism over the centuries. What reason could God have for creating a universe? In this article, I shall articulate the unique claims of classical theism that other rival models of God lack. I shall argue that classical theism’s unique commitments entail that God cannot create the universe for a reason. Thus, any nonclassical model of God can claim to have the advantage over class…
Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not
The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or "gods", is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural Religion). It is unclear, however, whether theism is natural. Does the god concept that our cognitive biases and systems give rise to approximate theism? In other words, is Natural Religion "theism-tracking"? As Christian theologians have different views of what God is like…
The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility
There is a particular question that has plagued classical Christian theism over the centuries. What reason could God have for creating a universe? In this article, I shall articulate the unique claims of classical theism that other rival models of God lack. I shall argue that classical theism’s unique commitments entail that God cannot create the universe for a reason. Thus, any nonclassical model of God can claim to have the advantage over class…
Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not
The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or "gods", is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural Religion). It is unclear, however, whether theism is natural. Does the god concept that our cognitive biases and systems give rise to approximate theism? In other words, is Natural Religion "theism-tracking"? As Christian theologians have different views of what God is like…
The aloneness argument against classical theism
We argue that there is a conflict among classical theism's commitments to divine simplicity, divine creative freedom, and omniscience. We start by defining key terms for the debate related to classical theism. Then we articulate a new argument, the Aloneness Argument, aiming to establish a conflict among these attributes. In broad outline, the argument proceeds as follows. Under classical theism, it's possible that God exists without anything apa…
Omnisubjectivity and the problem of creepy divine emotions
Over the past century, divine passibility has become the majority view within Christian theology and philosophy of religion. Yet it faces a serious objection from proponents of impassibility that I shall call the Problem of Creepy Emotions. In this article, I shall develop the objection in detail, and explore two ways for divine passibilists to answer this objection. I shall do this in several steps. First, I will offer some brief historical rema…
The Creator/Creature Distinction in Debates over Models of God
In contemporary theology, one can find an array of models of God to choose from. There are various types of arguments that one can put forth in order to reject one model, or to defend another model. In this paper, I wish to examine one popular type of argument. This argument typically says that one should reject a model of God that blurs the creator/creature distinction. The problem with this kind of argument is that it usually begs the question …
Presentism and the Grounding Objection
From Divine Timemaker to Divine Watchmaker
This book offers the most extensive exploration of divine temporality to date. It focuses on five main questions. First, what is time? Second, how is God responsible for the existence of time? Third, what does it mean to say that God is temporal? Fourth, what kind of structure might God give to a time series? Fifth, what are the implications for theological doctrines such as the Trinity, creation, providence, and life after death? The author offe…
Getting tense about the atonement
Does Providence Entail Divine Temporality? Maybe
Within contemporary Christian philosophical theology, there are three broad theories of providence being debated. These are theological determinism, Molinism, and open theism. Of course, there are nuances amongst proponents of each theory, but the nuances are not terribly important for my purposes in this essay. I will argue that the basic conceptual machinery of each theory seems to entail divine temporality. Since open theists are already commi…
The precreation moment is easy to find
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (6 works) · Theism (4 works) · Philosophy of religion (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Doctrine (2 works) · Karl Barth and Christian Theology (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works)