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: Received: 3 August 2024 / Approved: 7 August 2024 / Online: 8 August 2024 (08:57:55 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 15 October 2024 / Approved: 16 October 2024 / Online: 16 October 2024 (11:05:43 CEST)
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Blokhin, N. Divine Kenotic Creativity – The Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints2024, 2024080540. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v2
Blokhin, N. Divine Kenotic Creativity – The Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints 2024, 2024080540. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v2
Blokhin, N. Divine Kenotic Creativity – The Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints2024, 2024080540. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v2
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Blokhin, N. (2024). Divine Kenotic Creativity – The Divine Agency behind Natural Processes. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0540.v2
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Abstract
Understanding creation as divine kenosis, which has become rather widespread since the last century, may emphasize the strong connection between the theology of creation 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 in order to avoid representing divine agency and natural causality as competitive factors and to affirm divine kenosis as the definitive trait of God without compromising divine freedom. To this end, the concept of “divine kenotic creativity” is suggested and discussed in this paper.
Keywords
divine kenosis in nature; theology of creation; natural theology; compatibilism; God and time; divine freedom; Incarnation; theodicy; eschatology
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Religious Studies
Copyright:
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