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Three Theological Mistakes

How to Correct Enlightenment Assumptions about God, Miracles, and Free Will

By: Ric S Machuga

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Three Theological Mistakes

How to Correct Enlightenment Assumptions about God, Miracles, and Free Will

By: Ric S Machuga

Is the existence of God a matter of faith or knowledge? Does God sometimes act miraculously or are there physical causes for everything? Is morality absolute or relative? Are humans truly free or does God's sovereignty determine everything? Whenbad things happen, is God the cause or are they the fault of humans? Too frequently Christians answer these questions with a Yes to one side and a No to the other side. Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth answer Yes to both. Following their model, Machuga defends a third way which transcends the Enlightenment dichotomies of fideism vs. rationalism, supernaturalism vs. naturalism, relativism vs. absolutism, free will vs. predestination, and God's justice vs. his mercy. Machuga begins by showing how these false dichotomies grew out of the Enlightenment assumptions of mechanism, universal quantification, and mono-causation. He then corrects these demonstrably dubious assumptions by articulating a theory of dual-causation. The result is a thoroughly biblical understanding of God, miracles, and free will that can withstand the contemporary criticisms of both science and philosophy.

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

An Aristotelian Philosophy for a Scientific Age

By: Ric Machuga

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

An Aristotelian Philosophy for a Scientific Age

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No philosophical idea, no matter how small, can live alone. Ideas always gain their force, power, and life from their surroundings - their ecosystem. The ecosystem of ideas defended in this book comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and his medieval interpreter, Thomas Aquinas. The ongoing relevance of their philosophical thought to twenty-first century issues is opened up in fascinating ways in this book. Life, the Universe, and Everything is the product of thirty years of teaching introductory courses in philosophy. Assuming no prior background, it only requires of readers an enquiring mind and a willingness to think carefully. An ideal guide to the big questions we face.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718840569

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Three Theological Mistakes

How to Correct Enlightenment Assumptions about God, Miracles, and Free Will

By: Ric S Machuga

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How to Correct Enlightenment Assumptions about God, Miracles, and Free Will

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

By: Ric Machuga

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

By: Ric Machuga

--Has modern science made philosophy obsolete? --Is the soul real? --Do we have a free will? --Why should we be moral? --Does God exist, and if so, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? --What is the relation between faith and reason? Ric Machuga takes a holistic approach to these questions. No philosophical idea, no matter how small, can live alone. Ideas always gain their force, power, and life from their surroundings--their ""ecosystem."" The ecosystem of ideas defended in this book comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and his medieval interpreter, Thomas Aquinas. The ongoing relevance of their philosophical thought to twenty-first century issues is opened up in fascinating ways. Life, the Universe, and Everything is the product of thirty years of teaching introductory courses in philosophy. Assuming no prior background, it only requires of readers an enquiring mind and a willingness to think carefully. An ideal guide to the big questions we face. ""'Ideas always exist in an ecosystem.' Patiently unpacking this simple but powerful truth with the skill of a master teacher, Ric Machuga has written a book as wise as it is winsomely modest."" --John Wilson Editor, Books & Culture ""This is a clearly written, wonderfully engaging account of Aristotelianism for our contemporary world. It is, in short, a defense of first philosophy, ' the idea that philosophy and philosophical reflection is the starting point of, and that which illuminates and clarifies, all that we believe that we know in the other disciplines in the university, especially the hard sciences. I applaud Professor Machuga for this outstanding book."" --Francis J. Beckwith Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies Baylor University ""Modestly but engagingly written, and yet ambitious in scope, this 'Aristotelian' tour of the great loci of philosophy is a tour de force. It is the fruit, not of quickly-written 'research', but of many years' teaching of primary, classic texts, and it shows. A careful reading will provide a philosophical education, in the old-fashioned sense of that word. The reader will put the book down both better informed, and wiser."" --Paul Helm Regent College, Vancouver, BC Ric Machuga has taught philosophy and in the Honor Program at Butte College for thirty years. He is the author of In Defense of the Soul (2002) and numerous pieces for Books and Culture.

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Three Theological Mistakes

Three Theological Mistakes

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Three Theological Mistakes

Three Theological Mistakes

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Life, the Universe, and Everything

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