developments in the understanding of:

omnipotence

omniscience         

(omni)benevolence

eternity

free will

divine power and self-imposed limitation

divine knowledge and its interaction with temporal existence and free will

divine benevolence and just judgement of human actions, including Boethius’s argument relating this to divine foreknowledge, eternity and free will

divine eternity and divine action in time, including Anselm’s four-dimensionalist approach as an extension of Boethius’s view

the extent to which human free will reasonably coexists with these attributes

the above should be studied with reference to alternative possibilities presented by Boethius,

Anselm and Swinburne

discuss issues related to developments in the understanding of the nature of God and the different possibilities presented by the key thinkers, including:

whether or not it is possible, or necessary, to resolve the apparent conflicts between divine attributes

whether Boethius, Anselm or Swinburne provides the most useful understanding of the relationship between divinity and time

whether or not any of these thinkers are successful in resolving the problems of divine knowledge, benevolence, justice, eternity and human free will

whether the attributes should be understood as subject to the limits of logical possibility or of divine self-limitation

The Tablet: 1 Jul 2023 ‘Forged in the night of fire’ – G Simmonds

Dialogue: Time, Eternity and Divine Foreknowledge, Edition 31

Dialogue: Boethius and Paradox, Edition 41

Dialogue: Does the notion of divine omniscience undermine belief in free will , Edition 55

Dialogue: How Is free will even possible, Edition 61

TRS Chester Podcast: What does it mean to be free? 

R4 In Our Time Podcast: Free Will