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The task of a Molinist perspective of middle knowledge is to remove the perceived dilemma between human freedom and divine foreknowledge. Middle knowledge is the second logical moment of God’s omniscience. There are three logical moments, the first being natural knowledge. With natural knowledge God knows everything that could logically happen. The third moment is God’s free knowledge; God knows all true propositions of the actual world. Middle knowledge lies logically in between these, which affirms that God knows all true counterfactual propositions, or possess hypothetical knowledge of future contingents. The following is an attempt to provide reasonable grounds for affirming divine middle knowledge.
An Introduction to Molinism Scripture Reason and All that God has Ordered The Spread of Molinism Book 1 edition by Max Andrews Religion Spirituality eBooks
Mr. Andrews does a great job in writing a primer for those who want to understand this doctrine. I really am impressed with the book. I don't agree with the doctrine (that is not the point of this post however), but Andrew's does spell out the basis of this view for someone ignorant about it prior to reading the book. I'm thankful for his work even if I disagree with his conclusion. He makes the doctrine ready to understand, and after reading this book I feel I'm ready for some more weighty books on the subject. As a Calvinist, I sincerely appreciate this book as I feel like it's had allowed me to see more accurately whet Molinist are coming from. Often Christians in different camps don't work hard enough at trying to understand the other position; that was part of my effort in purchasing this book. Andrew's successfully helped me lay the ground work for understanding Molinism. I'm extremely thankful for that, and I believe this is a great resource.Product details
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An Introduction to Molinism Scripture Reason and All that God has Ordered The Spread of Molinism Book 1 edition by Max Andrews Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
As the Calvinist/Arminian debate has raged on, a greatly appreciated third option has surfaced. It has been fairly difficult to find a good, introductory work on Molinism. Kenneth Keathley's "Salvation and Sovereignty" was a great step forward from William Lane Craig's steps to promote Molina's work, but the lack of writings on the topic is very apparent.
I enjoyed the book for several reasons, two of which were
1) It addressed common objections to Molinism in an adept, yet brief manner.
2) It was not unnecessarily wordy, but showed a very purposeful direction.
I do have one complaint
First, the editing was pretty bad. This is a book, and it is very common for books to have formatting issues, so if this is the case than the author is not to blame, but their were several areas where another set of eyes could have cleaned up loose grammar/wording/punctuation. Not trying to be nitpicky, as I generally enjoy Max's work, but the errors definitely distracted me from the arguments at times.
Overall, I enjoyed this work. Not enough work has been done in this area, and it is always a pleasure to find a new resource. Thanks Max.
I'm sorry to say that this book seemed to me to lack clarity and was poorly written. It seemed more like a draft, complete with numerous typos ( version) and poor formatting and it is still not clear to me after reading it exactly what Molinism is and how it compares to Calvinism and Arminianism. Examples of differences would have helped....
I think Max needs to give this book to an editor and typesetter and clean it up a lot.
I do appreciate Max's goal of the book which was to provide a nice short intro to the subject. I like books of this length -) I hope he edits the book and releases a fixed and improved version.
I'd like to first start off by saying this a good book. It is very in depth despite it's length and it gives a good overview of Molinism on an academic level. With that being said, I don't think it should be classified as merely an introduction, there is much more than just an introduction in this book. Max Andrews did a great job on this and I look forward to reading more from him. If you are considering Molinism or would like accurately represent what it is (which would be nice as many people don't understand and then go on to attack something completely different) than I would recommend this book to you.
God's grace with you all,
RW Johnson
While I am not a Molinist and find Molinism to have both biblical and philosophical flaws, I still think the book is a great defense and presentation of Molinism.
Frankly, I don't think libertarian free will is at all biblical nor is the prospect that God could not actualize a world where all would "freely" choose him. He could do this by simply using His foreknowledge and choosing NOT to create those who would not choose Him (excuse my double negative). God still allows those that He knows will suffer in hell to exist. It seems that a Calvinist scheme were there is actually a "plan" is far more biblical. I could say more about libertarian free will...
Also, divine simplicity would not allow for any contingent or accidental knowledge for God.
But again the book is great and I will be reading it over again to make sure that I am not missing an important biblical or philosophical point either.
I couldn't classify this book as a proper "Introduction", contrary to the title. Andrews does a fine job of giving the regular run-down of what Molinism entails, but immediately dives into various rebuttals, defenses, and advanced theological nuances of the view. What is needed, I think, is greater contextualization for those without the educational background and exposure necessary to engage with detractors such as William Hasker or Greg Boyd. Essentially, for the majority of the book, the author's audience is not the lay person, but one who is already steeped in the finer points of philosophy and theology.
The book's strong points come by way of Andrews' detailed knowledge of church history and his treatment of how diverse Molinism is in its explanatory scope. The author also does a fine job of philosophically dissecting the common (and not-so-common) errors made by those attempting to defeat the view.
While I couldn't recommend this as an introductory book to Molinism, I am glad that Andrews has added his voice to the group of published writers making Molinism a more prominent view of divine providence and I look forward to his future contributions in both theology and apologetics. I would mainly recommend this book to those already familiar with the concept of Molinism who are seeking to explore its theological implications in greater detail, as well as learning rebuttals to more difficult objections.
Mr. Andrews does a great job in writing a primer for those who want to understand this doctrine. I really am impressed with the book. I don't agree with the doctrine (that is not the point of this post however), but Andrew's does spell out the basis of this view for someone ignorant about it prior to reading the book. I'm thankful for his work even if I disagree with his conclusion. He makes the doctrine ready to understand, and after reading this book I feel I'm ready for some more weighty books on the subject. As a Calvinist, I sincerely appreciate this book as I feel like it's had allowed me to see more accurately whet Molinist are coming from. Often Christians in different camps don't work hard enough at trying to understand the other position; that was part of my effort in purchasing this book. Andrew's successfully helped me lay the ground work for understanding Molinism. I'm extremely thankful for that, and I believe this is a great resource.
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