Thomas P. Flint develops and defends the idea of divine providence
sketched by Luis de Molina, the sixteenth-century Jesuit
theologian. The Molinist account of divine providence reconciles
two claims long thought to be incompatible: that God is the
all-knowing governor of the universe and that individual freedom
can prevail only in a universe free of absolute determinism. The
Molinist concept of middle knowledge holds that God knows, though
he has no control over, truths about how any individual would
freely choose to act in any situation, even if the person never
encounters that situation. Given such knowledge, God can be truly
providential while leaving his creatures genuinely free. Divine
Providence is by far the most detailed and extensive presentation
of the Molinist view ever written.
Middle knowledge is hotly debated in philosophical theology, and
the controversy spills over into metaphysics and moral philosophy
as well. Flint ably defends the concept against its most
influential contemporary critics, and shows its importance to
Christian practice. With particular originality and sophistication,
he applies Molinism to such aspects of providence as prayer,
prophecy, and the notion of papal infallibility, teasing out the
full range of implications for traditional Christianity.
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