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Will There Be Free Will in Heaven?

by University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art) Fr Simon Francis Gaine (Catholic Chaplain

  • Hardback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

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For theologians and curious believers seeking answers

Clarifies the debate on freedom and sin in heaven

You will deepen your understanding of divine freedom

This thought-provoking book explores the concept of free will in heaven.

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Just before Christmas 1999, various prominent public figures, teachers, clergymen and others received a set of ten religious questions from the BBC's "Today" programme. All were predictable save one: "Will there be free will in heaven?" This book addresses this important question.;Simon Gaine sets out the arguments of two modern philosophers, one who concludes that heaven is undesirable because it excludes freedom by excluding the possibility of sin (Wall), and the other who responds that an orthodox notion of heaven in fact implies the real possibility of sin (Donnelly). He shows how such modern concerns have arisen against the background of theologians such as Suarez, who limits freedom in the face of heavenly impeccability, and asks whether a high value placed on freedom can be successfully combined with heavenly impeccability.;He then goes on to investigate the theories of Duns Scotus and William of Ockham, two theologians who hold a high view of freedom in general as well as heavenly impeccability, but they are found wanting. Gaine then introduces an alternative conception of freedom through an account of Servais Pinckaers' connection of two different ideas of freedom ("indifference" and "excellence") with two different moral theologies. He applies these two conceptions to eschatology.He concludes that the most pleasing theory combines freedom for excellence and an intrinsic theory of impeccability develops this suggestion by drawing on and developing some ideas found in Thomas Aquinas.
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  • Book Format

    hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    June 2003

  • Weight

    332g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567089502

  • ISBN-10

    0567089509

  • Eden Code

    12460

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