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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom
The ancient problem of fatalism, more particularly theological fatalism, has resurfaced with surprising vigour in the second half of the twentieth century. Two questions predominate in the debate: (1) Is divine foreknowledge compatible with human freedom and (2) How can God foreknow future free acts? Having surveyed the historical background of this debate in "The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge" and "Future Contingents from Aristotle to Suarez" (Brill: 1988), William Lane Craig now attempts to address these issues critically. His wide-ranging discussion brings together a thought- provoking array of related topics such as logical fatalism, multivalent logic, backward causation, precognition, time travel, counterfactual logic, temporal necessity, Newcomb's Problem, middle knowledge, and relativity theory. The present work serves both as a useful survey of the extensive literature on theological fatalism and related fields and as a stimulating assessment of the possibility of divine foreknowledge of future free acts.
The Nature of God
Omnipotence -- Omniscience -- Foreknowledge, free will, and the necessity of the past -- Accidental necessity -- Omniscience, free will, and middle knowledge -- Eternity, timelessness, and immutability -- Divine goodness and impeccability -- The source of moral obligation.
Origen
An exposition challenging inveterate verdicts ingrained in the historical / theological mindset about Origen, who is shown to have produced a sheerly new theory of Time, the Christian one. Claims attributing the tenet of a 'beginningless world' to him are disproved. The author challenges the widespread impression about this theology being bowled head over heels by its encounter with Platonism or Neoplatonism, casting new light on Origen's grasp of the relation between Hellenism, Hebrew thought and Christianity.
Logic and the Nature of God
The book '... should be assured of the attention of the many on both sides of the Atlantic who are fascinated by this subject.' John Hick
Evil Revisited
In this book Griffin responds to critiques of his earlier work—God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy—and discusses ways in which his position has changed in the intervening years. In so doing, he examines the problem of evil, theodicy, and philosophical theology, and contrasts traditional theism and process theism with regard to the question of omnipotence.
The Crafts Family
Griffin Craft (d.1689) and his family emigrated in 1630 from England to Roxbury, Massachusetts; he married twice (once in England). Descendants lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Includes some ancestors in England.
