<p>hose who think about time are thinking deeply. Those who think about God T are thinking even more deeply still. Those who try to think about God and time are pressing the very limits of human understanding. Undaunted, this is precisely the project which we have set for ourselves in this study: to
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Cover
Title
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Contents
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Part I. In Defence of Divine Timelessness
1 On Existing All at Once
2 Eternity, Simplicity, and Presence
3 Why We Need Godβs Eternity
Part II. Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom
4 Eternity and Fatalism
5 Molina on Foreknowledge and Transfer of Necessities
Part III. In Favour of a "Third Wayβ
6 Eternity and Infinity
7 The Difference Creation Makes: Relative Timelessness Reconsidered
8 Timeless Action? Temporality and/or Eternity in Godβs Being and Acting
Part IV. In Defence of Divine Temporalism, or: In Debate With Science
9 Divine Eternity and Einsteinβs Special Theory of Relativity
10 Eternity in Process Philosophies
Bibliography
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Index
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