000			01465cam a22002417i 4500
008			160622t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780198757740
020			_a0198757743
050	0	0	_aBV210.3 _b.D38 2017
082	0	4	_a204/.301
100	1		_aDavison, Scott A.
245	1	0	_aPetitionary prayer : _ba philosophical investigation / _cScott A. Davison.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford _bOxford _c2017
300			_avi, 189 pages : _billustrations ;
520	8		_a"This volume explores the philosophical issues involved in the idea of petitionary prayer, where this is conceived as an activity designed to influence the action of the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly good God of traditional theism. Theists have always recognized various logical and moral limits to divine action in the world, but do these limits leave any space among God's reasons for petitionary prayer to make a difference? Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation develops a new account of the conditions required for a petitionary prayer to be answered by employing the notion of contrastive explanation. With careful attention to recent developments in metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory, Scott A. Davison surveys the contemporary literature on this question."
650		0	_aIntercessory prayer _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aPrayer _xPhilosophy.
650		7	_aBittgebet
650		7	_aFürbitte
650		7	_aReligionsphilosophie
942			_cBK
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