Free Will in Philosophical Theology [Hardcover]

Free Will in Philosophical Theology takes the most recent philosophical work on free will and uses it to elucidate and explore theological doctrines involving free will. Rather than being a work of natural theology, it is a work in what has been called clarificationusing philosophy to understand, develop, systematize, and explain theological claims without first raising the justification for holding the theological claims that one is working with. Timpe's aim is to show how a particular philosophical account of the nature of free willan account known as source incompatibilismcan help us understand a range of theological doctrines.

Kevin Timpe is Professor of Philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University, USA, and former Templeton Research Fellow at St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the author ofFree Will: Sourcehood and Its Alternatives(Continuum, 2008) andFree Will in Philosophical Theology(Continuum, forthcoming). He is also editor ofMetaphysics and God(Routledge, 2009),Arguing about
Religion(Routledge, 2009) and (with Craig Boyd)Virtues and Their Vices(Oxford University Press, forthcoming). His recent publications have appeared inPhilosophical Studies, American
Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Faith and Philosophy, Religious Studies, andPhilosophia.

[T]houghtful, well-researched and well-argued ...That is not to say, of course, that [Timpe] lays the topics to rest; they will continue to be controversial, just as the very existence of free will remains controversial. But anyone concerned with one or more of these questions will find Timpes thoughts about them well worth considering ... Disagreements of this sort in no way detract from the excellence of Timpes accomplishment in his book; rather, they underscore that excellence by showing how the book provides fodder for further reflection. The work deserves careful consideration by all thelӧ