Contemplating the One who Remains the Same
Augustine, Swinburne, and Psalm 102 on the Relation between Divine Immutability and Theological Reason
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20460502 |
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| Authors | Jared Michelson (0000-0002-2278-2520, University of St. Andrews, St. Mary’s, The School of Divinity St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 803-825 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/moth.12587 |
| OpenAlex | W2986906099 |
| Language | EN |
This article defends a classical doctrine of divine immutability by contending that the most influential objections lodged against it by theologians and philosophers such as Richard Swinburne–i.e. that divine immutability is speculative rather than practical, is philosophical rather than biblical, and fails to cohere with a ‘personal’ God who relates to creatures–are rooted in a particular construal of theological reason. I diagnose Swinburne’s account of theological reason with the help of Karl Barth’s interpretation of Anselm, and put forth a contrasting account of divine immutability, rooted in a distinct approach to theological reason, through a theological interpretation of Psalm 102, an analysis of the Creator/creature distinction, and an examination of Augustine’s De trinitate
Creatures · Doctrine · Epistemology · Immutability · Theology · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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