Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Best of Molinism (Updated 6/23/11) added all paper locations

I thought it would be helpful to compile a list of all the best books and papers available on Molinism/Middle Knowledge. Maybe the list should be narrowed to include only books or papers that are solely on Molinism, but there is no other way to start this other than to offer a list and enlist your help in its compilation.

Books (arranged by publication year)

God, Freedom, and Evil by Alvin Plantinga (1977 Eerdmans Publishing Company)

On Divine Foreknowledge (Part IV of the Concordia) by Luis de Molina, translated, with an introduction and notes, by Alfred J. Freddoso (1988 Cornell University Press)

The Nature of God: An Inquiry into Divine Attributes by Edward R. Wierenga (1989 Cornell University Press)

God, Time and Knowledge by William Hasker (1989 Cornell University Press)

Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom by William Lane Craig (1990 E. J. Brill)

Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications edited by William Hasker, David Basinger, and Eef Dekker (2000 Peter Lang)

Middle Knowledge by Eef Dekker (2000 Peeters Leuven)

The Only Wise God: The Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom by William Lane Craig (2000 Wipf and Stock Publishers)

Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy (2001 InterVarsity Press)

Divine Providence: The Molinist Account by Thomas P. Flint (2006 Cornell University Press)

A Molinist-Anabaptist Systematic Theology by Kirk R. MacGregor (2007 University Press of America)

Salvation and Sovereignty: A Molinist Approach by Kenneth Keathley (2010 B&H Publishing Group)

Four Views on Divine Providence edited by Stanley N. Gundry and Dennis W. Jowers (2011 Zondervan)

Molinism: The Contemporary Debate by Ken Perszyk (2012 Oxford University Press) forthcoming: January 15, 2012

Papers (alpha by author)

Adams, Robert M., 'An Anti-Molinist Argument', in James E. Tomberlin (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives 5 (1991), 343-353.

-- 'Middle Knowledge', The Journal of Philosophy 70 (1973), 552-554.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and the Problem of Evil', American Philosophical Quarterly 14 (1977), 109-117.

-- 'The Concrete Logical Problem of Evil', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 218-221.

Anderson, Mark B., 'Molinism, Open Theism, and Soteriological Luck', Religious Studies, Available on CJO 2010 dai:10.1017/S0034412510000375

Basinger, David, 'Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom: A Middle Knowledge Perspective', Faith and Philosophy 1 (1984) 291-302.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and Classical Christian Thought', Religious Studies 22 (1986), 407-422.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and Divine Control: Some Clarifications', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 30 (1991), 129-139.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and Human Freedom: Some Clarifications', Faith and Philosophy 4 (1987), 330-336.

Boyd, Gregory A., 'Neo-Molinism and the Infinite Intelligence of God', Philosophia Christi 5 (2003), 187-204.

Byerly, T. Ryan, 'Ockhamism vs. Molinism, Round 2: A Reply to Warfield', Religious Studies, Forthcoming: Fall 2011.

Campbell, Travis James, 'Middle Knowledge: A Reformed Critique', http//www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/Middle_Knowledge.pdf

Corrigan, Richard H., 'Could God Know What I Would Freely Do? Molinism and the Grounding Objection', Philosophical Frontiers 3 (2008) 43-57.

Cowan, Steven B., 'The Grounding Objection to Middle Knowledge Revisited', Religious Studies 39 (2003), 93-102.

Craig, William Lane, 'Does the Balance Between Saved and Lost Depend on Our Obedience to Christ’s Great Commission?', Philosophia Christi 6 (2004), 79-86.

-- '“Lest Anyone Should Fall”: A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Perseverance and Apostolic Warnings', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 29 (1991), 65-74.

-- '“Men Moved By the Holy Spirit Spoke from God” (2 Peter 1.21): A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Biblical Inspiration', Philosophia Christi NS 1 (1999), 45-82.

-- 'Middle Knowledge A Calvinist-Arminian Rapprochement?', in Clark H. Pinnock (ed.), The Grace of God, TheWill of Man: A Case for Arminianism, Grand Rapids, 1989, 141-164.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and Christian Exclusivism', Sophia 34 (1995), 120-139.

-- 'Middle Knowledge, Truth-Makers, and the “Grounding Objection”', Faith and Philosophy 18 (2001), 337-352.

-- '“No Other Name”: A Middle Knowledge Perspective on the Exclusivity of Salvation Through Christ', Faith and Philosophy 6 (1989), 172-188.

-- 'Robert Adam’s New Anti-Molinst Argument', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (1994), 857-861.

-- 'Should Peter Get A New Philosophical Advisor?', Philosophia Christi 6 (2004), 273-278.

-- 'Should Peter Go To The Mission Field?', Faith and Philosophy 8 (1991), 380-389.

Davidson, Scott A., 'Foreknowledge, Middle Knowledge and "Nearby" Worlds', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 30 (1991), 29-44.

Dekker, Eef, 'Does Duns Scotus Need Molina? On Divine Foreknowledge and Co-causality', in Bos Egbert Peter (ed.) John Dun Scotus (1265/6-1308). Renewal of Philosophy, 101-112.

-- 'Was Arminius a Molinist?', The Sixteenth Century Journal 27 (1996), 337-352.

Flint, Thomas P., 'Hasker’s Attack on Middle Knowledge', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 77-96.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and the Doctrine of Infallibility', Philosophical Perspectives 5 (1991), 373-352.

-- 'The Multiple Muddles of Maverick Molinism', Faith and Philosophy 20 (2003), 91-100.

-- 'The Possibilities of Incarnation: Some Radical Molinist Suggestions', Religious Studies 37 (2001), 307-320.

-- 'Prophecy, Freedom, and Middle Knowledge', in Kelly James Clark (ed.), Our Knowledge of God. Essays on Natural and Philosophical Theology, Dordrecht/Boston/London 1992, 151-165.

Gaskin, Richard, 'Conditionals of Freedom and Middle Knowledge', The Philosophical Quarterly 43 (1993), 412-430.

-- 'Middle Knowledge: Reply to Rice', The Philosophical Quarterly 45 (1995), 505-509.

-- 'Molina on Divine Foreknowledge and the Principle of Bivalence', Journal of the History of Philosophy 32 (1994), 551-571.

Gordon, David and James Sadowsky, 'Does Theism Need Middle Knowledge?', Religious Studies 25 (1989), 75-87.

Greenberg, Sean, 'Leibniz against Molinism: Freedom, Indifference, and the Nature of the Will', in Donald Rutherford and J. A. Cover (eds.) Leibniz: Nature and Freedom, Oxford University Press, 2005, 217-233.

Hasker, William, 'Anti-Molinism is Undefeated!', Faith and Philosophy 17 (2000), 126-131.

-- 'Explanatory Priority: Transitive and Unequivocal: A Reply to William Craig', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (1997), 389-393.

-- 'How Good/Bad is Middle Knowledge? A Reply to Basinger', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 33 (1993), 111-118.

-- 'Middle Knowledge: A Refutation Revisited', Faith and Philosophy 12 (1995), 223-226.

-- 'Middle Knowledge and the Damnation of the Heathen: A Response to William Craig', Faith and Philosophy 8 (1991), 380-389.

-- 'Providence and Evil: Three Theories', Religious Studies 28 (1992), 91-105.

-- 'A Refutation of Middle Knowledge', Nous 20 (1986), 545-557.

-- 'Response to Thomas Flint', Philosophical Studies 60 (1990), 117-126.

Helm, Paul and Terrence L. Tiessen, 'Does Calvinism Have Room for Middle Knowledge?', Westminster Theological Journal 71/2 (Fall 2009), 437-454.

Hunt, David P., 'Middle Knowledge and the Soteriological Problem of Evil', Religious Studies 27 (1991), 3-26.

-- 'Middle Knowledge: The "Foreknowledge Defense"', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 28 (1990), 1-12.

Kielkopf, Charles F., 'Suarezian Middle Knowledge: A Response to Dean A. Kowalski', Philosophia Christi 5 (2003), 229-232.

Knebel, Sven K., 'Leibniz, Middle Knowledge and the Intricacies of World Design', Studia Leibnitiana 28 (1996), 199-210.

Kowalski, Dean A., 'On Behalf of Suarezian Middle Knowledge', Philosophia Christi 5 (2003), 219-228.

-- 'Kielkopf's Compromise: A Reply to Charles F. Kielkopf on Suarezian Middle Knowledge', Philosophia Christi 5 (2003), 233-234.

Kvanvig, Jonathan L., 'On Behalf of Maverick Molinism', Faith and Philosophy 19 (2002).

Laing, John D., 'The Compatibility of Calvinism and Middle Knowledge', Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47/3 (2004), 455-467.

-- 'Molinism and Supercomprehension: Grounding Counterfactual Truth', (Ph.D. dissertation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000).

Linville, Mark D., 'Ockhamists and Molinists in Search of a Way Out', Religious Studies 31 (1995), 501-515.

Maitzen, Stephen, 'Does Molinism Explain the Demographics of Theism?', Religious Studies 44 (2008), 473-477.

Martin, Timothy John, 'Significant Responsibility Amidst Robust Providence: A Defense of Reformed Molinism as a Rapprochement between Divine Election and Metaphysical Human Freedom', (Ph.D. dissertation, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010).

O'Connor, Timothy, 'The Impossibility of Middle Knowledge', Philosophical Studies 66 (1992), 139-166.

Otte, Richard, 'A Defense of Middle Knowledge', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 21 (1987), 161-169.

Perszyk, Kenneth J., 'Free Will Defense with and without Molinism', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 43 (1998), 29-64.

-- 'Molinism and Compatibilism', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 48 (2000), 11-33.

-- 'Molinism and the Consequence Argument: A Challenge', Faith and Philosophy 20 (2003), 131-151.

-- 'Stump's Theodicy of Redemptive Suffering and Molinism', Religious Studies 35 (1999), 191-211.

Plantinga, Alvin, 'Middle Knowledge and the Free Will Defense', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 198-217.

-- 'A Response to Adam’s Arguments', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 51-57.

-- 'A Response to Adam’s Criticism', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 222-225.

Rasmussen, Josh, 'On Creating Worlds Without Evil – Given Divine Counterfactual Knowledge', Religious Studies 40 (2004), 457-470.

Rice, Hugh, 'On Middle Knowledge', Philosophical Quarterly 44 (1994), 495-502.

Sennett, James F. 'Why Think There Are Any True Counterfactuals of Freedom?', International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 32 (1992), 105-116.

Toner, Patrick, 'The Prayer of the Molinist', The Heythrop Journal 49 (2008), 940-947.

Voak, Nigel, 'English Molinism in the Late 1590s: Richard Hooker on Free Will, Predestination, and Divine Foreknowledge', The Journal of Theological Studies 60 (2009), 130-177.

Walls, Jerry L., 'Is Molinism as Bad as Calvinism?', Faith and Philosophy 7 (1990), 85-98.

Werther, David, 'Open Theism and Middle Knowledge: An Appraisal of Gregory Boyd's Neo-Molinism', Philosophia Christi 5 (2003) 205-218.

Wierenga, Edward J., 'The No Grounds Objection', in William Hasker, David Basinger, Eef Dekker (eds.), Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications, Contributions to Philosophical Theology Vol. 4, Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2000, 58-65.

Zimmerman, Dean, 'Yet Another Anti-Molinist Argument', in Samuel Newlands and Larry M. Jorgensen (eds.) Metaphysics and the Good: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Merrihew Adams, Oxford University Press, 2009, 33-94.