Petitionary Prayer
A Philosophical Investigation
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 February 2017
- ISBN 9780198757740
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages198 pages
- Size 203x135x16 mm
- Weight 314 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A work in the philosophy of religion on the efficacy of prayer.
MoreLong description:
This volume explores the philosophical issues involved in the idea of petitionary prayer, where this is conceived as an activity designed to influence the action of the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly good God of traditional theism. Theists have always recognized various logical and moral limits to divine action in the world, but do these limits leave any space among God's reasons for petitionary prayer to make a difference? Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation develops a new account of the conditions required for a petitionary prayer to be answered by employing the notion of contrastive explanation. With careful attention to recent developments in metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory, Scott A. Davison surveys the contemporary literature on this question. He considers questions about human freedom and responsibility in relation to different views of divine providence, along with the puzzles inherent in Christian teachings concerning petitionary prayer. Davison develops new challenges to the coherence of the idea of answered petitionary prayer based upon the nature of divine freedom, the limits of human knowledge, and the nature of those good things that require a recipient's permission before they can be given. He proposes new defences, building upon careful analysis of the shortcomings of previous proposals and clarifying the issues for future debate.
This book is an excellent overview of the current state of the debate concerning petitionary prayer, and it would be ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Challenges and Defenses
Petitionary Prayer Characterized
Divine Freedom Challenges
Epistemological Challenges
Epistemological Defenses
Divine Goodness and Praying for Others
Responsibility-Based Defenses
Self-Directed Petitionary Prayer and New Defenses
Practical Questions and the Nature of Faith
Conclusion
Bibliography
