{"product_id":"9780227904626","title":"Three Theological Mistakes: How to Correct Enlightenment Assumptions about God, Miracles, and Free Will","description":"Is the existence of God a matter of faith or knowledge?\u003cbr\u003eDoes God sometimes act miraculously or are there physical causes for everything?\u003cbr\u003eIs morality absolute or relative?\u003cbr\u003eAre humans truly free or does God's sovereignty determine everything?\u003cbr\u003eWhen bad things happen, is God the cause or are they the fault of humans?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo frequently Christians answer these questions with a 'Yes' to one side and a 'No' to the other side. Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth answer 'Yes' on both. Following their model, Machuga defends a 'third way' that transcends the Enlightenment dichotomies of fideism versus rationalism, supernaturalism versus naturalism, relativism versus absolutism, free will versus predestination, and God's justice versus his mercy.\u003cbr\u003eMachuga begins by showing how these false dichotomies grew out of the Enlightenment assumptions of mechanism, universal quantification, and mono-causation. He then corrects these demonstrably dubious assumptions by articulating a theory of dual-causation. The result is a thoroughly biblical understanding of God, miracles, and free will that can withstand the contemporary criticisms of both science and philosophy.","brand":"James Clarke \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119995666672,"sku":"9780227904626","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780227904626_p0.jpg?v=1763674964","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780227904626","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}