Why Doesn't God Heal Everyone | William Abraham
Channel: Henry Center
Date: 2020-03-23

Lecture Title - Divine Action, Healing, and Providence

Robust forms of Christian theism are unapologetically committed to the possibility and actuality of healing. In some cases this healing takes place through natural causes; in others through direct divine intervention. Moreover, in many cases healing does not take place. Once we allow both these propositions, devout believers are faced with two very challenging problems. How do we attribute divine causation to natural events? How do we reconcile the absence of healing with a strong doctrine of providence? This paper will seek to provide a persuasive response to these challenges.

William J. Abraham (1947-2021) (DPhil Oxford University) was a Northern Irish theologian, analytic philosopher, and Methodist pastor known for his contributions to the philosophy of religion, religious epistemology, evangelism, and church renewal. He was the author of a tetrology, Divine Agency and Divine Action (Oxford University Press).

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