Providence and Science in a World of Contingency: Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Divine Action

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Ignacio Silva

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency

Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Divine Action

Ignacio Silva

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Routledge
30 September 2021

Series: Routledge Science and Religion Series

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency offers a novel assessment of the contemporary debate over divine providential action and the natural sciences, suggesting a re-consideration of Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical doctrine of providence coupled with his account of natural contingency. By looking at the history of debates over providence and nature, the volume provides a set of criteria to evaluate providential divine action models, challenging the underlying, theologically contentious assumptions of current discussions on divine providential action. Such assumptions include that God needs causally open spaces in the created world in order to act in it providentially, and the unfitting conclusion that, if this is the case, then God is assumed to act as another cause among causes. In response to these shortcomings, the book presents a comprehensive account of Aquinas’ metaphysics of natural causation, contingency, and their relation to divine providence. It offers a fresh and bold metaphysical narrative, based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, which appreciates the relation between divine providence and natural contingency.

By: Ignacio Silva
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781032002767
ISBN 10: 103200276X
Series: Routledge Science and Religion Series
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 30 September 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Digging for Criteria: A Metaphysical History of Divine Providence 2. Science and Providence Today 3. A Metaphysics of Natural Contingency 4. A Metaphysics of God’s Providence 5. Thomas Aquinas Today

Ignacio Silva is Associate Professor of Theology and Science at the Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad Austral, Argentina, and Associate Member of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, UK.