Faith Seeking Understanding

About Faith Seeking Understanding

Deep dives into theology and philosophy, helping Christians develop an anti-fragile faith

Publisher

Faith Seeking Understanding

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Apr 2023

Latest episode

18 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Sept 2024

   Does God Cause Evil?

   In our fifth episode on divine providence, we tackle the question of why the omni-instrumental model of divine providence doesn’t make God the cause of evil despite saying that he causes all things through nature. Ultimately, the answer relies on an understanding of evil in terms of privation (which we explore at length) together with an understanding of the different ways instruments can limit the causal influence of agents. 00:00 - Introduction and recap 07:56 - Clarifying the present question 12:44 - Evil (or Badness) as the privation of the good 25:04 - Evil actions and privation 30:30 - Inherent vs privative limitations of instruments in general 36:19 - Limitations applied to divine concurrence 39:08 - Does this imply that we’re overpowering God? 42:06 - God wills the good and permits evil 49:16 - Conclusion Works mentioned in this episode (or on topics discussed): - David Oderberg, “The Metaphysics of Privation”, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7SKlRTfkUiebE9RM1pOTkZ6dFU (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7SKlRTfkUiebE9RM1pOTkZ6dFU) - Brian Davies, The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil, https://www.amazon.com/dp/082649241X (https://www.amazon.com/dp/082649241X) - Roland’s blog post, “God causes evil actions without causing the evil in actions”, https://thinkingthoughtout.com/2021/12/08/god-causes-evil-actions-without-causing-the-evil-in-actions/ (https://thinkingthoughtout.com/2021/12/08/god-causes-evil-actions-without-causing-the-evil-in-actions/) The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe) Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478) Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk (https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk) Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media: Website: https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za (https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica (https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica (https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica) Twitter: https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica (https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica)

2. 

   11 Jul 2024

   Does God's Control Contradict Free Will?

   In our fourth episode on divine providence we explain how our omni-instrumentality model understands free will, as well as the relationship between our freedom and God’s control. 00:00 - Introduction and recap 01:47 - What are free will and choice? 10:24 - Is there freedom to choose bad things and freedom in heaven? 23:33 - Getting at divine providence indirectly through isomorphism/analogy 26:54 - The analogy of cooperation 40:05 - How does God control our free will? 41:30 - Dealing with mystery in a principled way 46:30 - Conclusion Works mentioned in this episode (or on topics discussed): - Sebastian Walshe, “Predestination: Some Questions and Misconceptions”, https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/2008-walshe.pdf (https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/2008-walshe.pdf) - Steven J Jensen, Sin: A Thomistic Psychology, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813230330 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813230330) - Eleonore Stump, “Augustine on Free Will”, https://tinyurl.com/4n2w9wj8 (https://tinyurl.com/4n2w9wj8) - Eleonore Stump, “Sanctification, Hardening of the Heart, and Frankfurt’s Concept of Free Will”, https://philarchive.org/archive/STUSHO (https://philarchive.org/archive/STUSHO) - Roland’s blog post series: https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/ (https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/) The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe) Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478) Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk (https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk) Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media: Website: https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za (https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica (https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica (https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica) Twitter: https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica (https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica)

3. 

   19 Jun 2024

   How Does God Control?

   In our third episode on divine providence we start to unpack the philosophical model we call “Omni-instrumentality”. At the heart of this model is a conception of divine concurrence as God’s essential cooperation with nature. Before we get to explaining this in detail, then, we must first explain what we mean by essential cooperation and nature, which we do in this episode. 00:00 - Introduction 00:41 - Anti-fragile faith? 03:49 - Framing the puzzle of divine providence 07:40 - Omni-instrumentality, or the Lonergan-McArthur model 10:04 - Concurrence as the middle-ground between Occasionalism and Conservationism 13:07 - Concurrence as God‘s essential cooperation with nature 17:48 - The three modes of cooperation 36:46 - Nature vs artifice vs aggregation 44:46 - Returning to our definition of concurrence Works mentioned in this episode: - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Anti-fragile: www.amazon.com/dp/0812979680 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812979680) - Bernard Lonergan, Grace and Freedom: www.amazon.com/dp/0802083374 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802083374) - Ronald McArthur, “Universal in praedicando, universal in causando”: https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ltp/1962-v18-n1-ltp0960/1020019ar.pdf (https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ltp/1962-v18-n1-ltp0960/1020019ar.pdf) - Thomas McLaughlin, “Nature and Inertia”: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Nature-and-Inertia-Mclaughlin/486b9ab089974b5a4adcdc3d2b1cebd431cad288 (https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Nature-and-Inertia-Mclaughlin/486b9ab089974b5a4adcdc3d2b1cebd431cad288) - Roland’s blog post series: https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/ (https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/) The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe) Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478) Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk (https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk) Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media: Website: https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za (https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica (https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica (https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica) Twitter: https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica (https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica)

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