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Divine Kenotic Creativity—the Divine Agency behind Natural Processes
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: Received: 3 August 2024 / Approved: 7 August 2024 / Online: 8 August 2024 (08:57:55 CEST)
How to cite: Blokhin, N. Divine Kenotic Creativity—the Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints 2024, 2024080540. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v1 Blokhin, N. Divine Kenotic Creativity—the Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints 2024, 2024080540. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v1
Abstract
Understanding creation as divine kenosis, which has become rather widespread since the last century, may emphasize the strong connection between the creation theology and the key Christian doctrine of the Incarnation while contributing to the dialogue between theology and science. At the same time, this theological project requires a thorough rethinking of divine action to avoid representing divine agency and natural causality as the competitive factors and to affirm divine kenosis as the definitive trait of God without compromising divine simplicity and freedom. To this end, the concept of “divine kenotic creativity” is suggested and discussed in this paper.
Keywords
divine kenosis in nature; divine action; divine simplicity; compatibilism; god and time; natural theology; incarnation
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Religious Studies
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