When Luis de Molina died in Madrid in 1600, he had every reason to
believe he was about to be anathametized by Pope Clement VIII. The
Protestant Reformation was splitting Europe, tribunals of the
Inquisition met regularly in a dozen Spanish cities, and the Pope
had launched a commission two years earlier to investigate Molina's
writings. Molina was eventually vindicated, though the decision
came seven years after his death. In the centuries that followed
Molina was relegated to relatively minor status in the history of
theology until a renaissance of interest in recent years. His
doctrine of God's "middle knowledge," in particular, has been
appropriated by a number of current philosophers and theologians,
with apologist William Lane Craig calling it "one of the most
fruitful theological ideas ever conceived." In Luis de Molina: The
Life and Theology of the Founder of Middle Knowledge, author Kirk
R. MacGregor outlines the main contours of Molina's subtle and
far-reaching philosophical theology, covering his views on God's
foreknowledge, salvation and predestination, poverty and obedience,
and social justice. Drawing on writings of Molina never translated
into English, MacGregor also provides insight into the experiences
that shaped Molina, recounting the events of a life fully as
dramatic as any of the Protestant Reformers. With implications for
topics as wide-ranging as biblical inerrancy, creation and
evolution, the relationship between Christianity and world
religions, the problem of evil, and quantum indeterminacy, Molina's
thought remains as fresh and relevant as ever. Most significantly,
perhaps, it continues to offer the possibility of a rapprochement
between Calvinism and Arminianism, a view of salvation that fully
upholds both God's predestination and human free will. As the first
full-length work ever published on Molina, Kirk MacGregor's Luis de
Molina provides an accessible and insightful introduction for
scholars, students, and armchair theologians alike.
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