The ‘Compatibilism’ of Human Freedom and Divine Omnipotence

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" The ‘Compatibilism’ of Human Freedom and Divine Omnipotence "
Wyatt Harris

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073318
Doc. No	:	LA116947
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697312-01303019‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Wyatt Harris
Title & Author	:	The ‘Compatibilism’ of Human Freedom and Divine Omnipotence [Article]\ Wyatt Harris
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	13/3-4
Page No	:	257–266
Abstract	:	Katherine Sonderegger’s doctrine of God, constructed on the basis of a meditation on the incommunicable divine attributes, is here elucidated. I detail Sonderegger’s commitment to divine simplicity and explain her preferred theological method: metaphysical compatibilism. I show how Sonderegger’s unique understanding of compatibilism allows her the freedom to bypass or displace most normative metaphysical arguments proffered by the tradition that attempt to elucidate divine and human freedom. Granting divine simplicity, thus that omnipotence is a moral doctrine, in other words, that omnipotence is good, I present Sonderegger’s notion of compatibilism in her account of Moses’ encounter with God at the burning bush in Exodus 3 and examine pertinent issues. A novel account of the nature of God is given that presents human freedom in a new light. By way of conclusion, Martin Luther is brought in to shed critical light on Sonderegger’s doctrine of God.
Descriptor	:	compatibilism
Descriptor	:	doctrine of God
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Luther
Descriptor	:	metaphysics
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Sonderegger
Descriptor	:	theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697312-01303019‬