Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism

Benjamin H. Arbour is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Weatherford College, USA

Introduction

Benjamin H. Arbour



Part I: Open Theism and the Metaphysics of Time



1. The Openness of God: Eternity and Free Will

Eleonore Stump



2. God’s Knowledge of an Unreal Future

Sandra Visser



3. A Few Worries About the Systematic Metaphysics of Open Future Open Theism

Benjamin H. Arbour



Part II: Open Theism and Other Philosophical Issues



4. Open Theism and Origins Essentialism: A New Argument Against Open Theism

David Alexander



5. The ‘Openness’ in Compatibilism

Paul Helm



6. Foreknowledge, Freedom, and Vicious Circles: Anselm vs. Open Theism

Katherin Rogers



7. On Open Theism, Either God Has False Beliefs, or I Can Know Something That God Cannot Know

Robert B. Stewart



Part III: Open Theism and Other Issues in Philosophical Theology



8. "May it Have Happened Lord!": Open Theism and Past Directed Prayers

James Anderson



9. Open Theism, Risk-Taking, and the Problem of Evil

Greg Welty



10. Open Theism and the Soteriological Problem of Evil

Kenneth Perszyk



11. Jesus Didn’t Die for Your Sins: Open Theism, Atonement, and the Pastoral Problem of Evil

Keith Wyma