Philosophers who wish to argue for the rationality of belief in God
frequently employ a 'god-of-the-gaps' strategy. This strategy
consists in trying to find a phenomenon that cannot be explained by
natural science, and insisting that it can be explained only by
reference to the activity of God. Philosophical discussion of
miracles usually revolves around the attempt to link a miracle to
God in just this way. One of the problems with this approach is
that it is very difficult to identify anything as being forever
beyond the power of science to explain. Science continues to
advance upon the territory occupied by the god of the gaps. Thus it
is desirable to develop an account of divine agency that will not
be subject to revision in the face of scientific progress. This
book is just such an account. Drawing on recent work in the theory
of action, it shows that we can attribute God's agency to an event
in nature without eliminating the possibility that it might be
explained scientifically. In bringing God's actions out of the
gaps, we avoid the possibility that future discoveries in science
will make our talk of divine agency obsolete.
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