Add to ORKGDean Zimmerman has made significant contributions to metaphysics, philosophy of time, and philosophy of religion. In this paper, I set my focus on Zimmerman’s approach to God, time, and creation. Zimmerman has defended a model of God called open theism on which God is essentially temporal. In this paper, I will first articulate open theism. Then I will explore a series of puzzles related to God’s perfect rationality and creation. These can be stated as the following three questions. Why didn’t God create sooner? Why did God create anything at all? Why did God create this universe in particular
Contemporary research on God’s relationship to time is centered around a dichotomy between God’s tim...
Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality ...
Open Theism, as a new perspective in theology, has attracted attention of many scholars and mainly c...
Dean Zimmerman has made significant contributions to metaphysics, philosophy of time, and philosophy...
For much of the history of the philosophy of religion it was generally accepted that God existed out...
In this article, the God’s relationship to time is viewed from the perspective of modern physics. Th...
In contemporary debates, one is presented with temporal and timeless conceptions of divine eternalit...
Erik J. Wielenberg argues that William Lane Craig’s understanding of creatio ex nihilo (creation out...
In contemporary debates, one is presented with temporal and timeless conceptions of divine eternalit...
God’s temporality is still debated today by theologians and philosophers with whether God is tempora...
This paper looks at several key motivations behind the prisoner of time objection and a view against...
This paper looks at several key motivations behind the prisoner of time objection and a view against...
In this article, the God’s relationship to time is viewed from the perspective of modern physics. Th...
Paul Helm, professor of theology and philosophy at Highland Theological Institute, has written exten...
Eric Wielenberg’s two alleged contradictions in my view of God, time, and creation are easily resolv...
Contemporary research on God’s relationship to time is centered around a dichotomy between God’s tim...
Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality ...
Open Theism, as a new perspective in theology, has attracted attention of many scholars and mainly c...
Dean Zimmerman has made significant contributions to metaphysics, philosophy of time, and philosophy...
For much of the history of the philosophy of religion it was generally accepted that God existed out...
In this article, the God’s relationship to time is viewed from the perspective of modern physics. Th...
In contemporary debates, one is presented with temporal and timeless conceptions of divine eternalit...
Erik J. Wielenberg argues that William Lane Craig’s understanding of creatio ex nihilo (creation out...
In contemporary debates, one is presented with temporal and timeless conceptions of divine eternalit...
God’s temporality is still debated today by theologians and philosophers with whether God is tempora...
This paper looks at several key motivations behind the prisoner of time objection and a view against...
This paper looks at several key motivations behind the prisoner of time objection and a view against...
In this article, the God’s relationship to time is viewed from the perspective of modern physics. Th...
Paul Helm, professor of theology and philosophy at Highland Theological Institute, has written exten...
Eric Wielenberg’s two alleged contradictions in my view of God, time, and creation are easily resolv...
Contemporary research on God’s relationship to time is centered around a dichotomy between God’s tim...
Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality ...
Open Theism, as a new perspective in theology, has attracted attention of many scholars and mainly c...