Absolutely excellent. Wow. I’ve spent a few years now thinking and writing about this exact topic (the problem of human and divine agency). I usually tend to defend Comer against a certain sort of Reformed critique. And, generally, I tend to think the agency problem—in the Bible and in the fathers—is more complex than modern popular shor…
Absolutely excellent. Wow. I’ve spent a few years now thinking and writing about this exact topic (the problem of human and divine agency). I usually tend to defend Comer against a certain sort of Reformed critique. And, generally, I tend to think the agency problem—in the Bible and in the fathers—is more complex than modern popular shorthand Reformed notions of “sovereignty” and “monergism” make it out to be. But you have tackled the nuances so well. I’d love to talk with you more about this sometime.
My addition to the conversation, which you were already implying, would be a framework I call “Mixed Agency” or “Stacked Agency,” where God is not seen as an agent among agents but the Agent of/over agents.
“In the beginning, God did not create things. He created agents, that is, choosers/actors/governors. Like Shakespeare, he is the author and conductor of the play. But unlike Shakespeare, God is the only playwright whose characters are actually real.”
Absolutely excellent. Wow. I’ve spent a few years now thinking and writing about this exact topic (the problem of human and divine agency). I usually tend to defend Comer against a certain sort of Reformed critique. And, generally, I tend to think the agency problem—in the Bible and in the fathers—is more complex than modern popular shorthand Reformed notions of “sovereignty” and “monergism” make it out to be. But you have tackled the nuances so well. I’d love to talk with you more about this sometime.
My addition to the conversation, which you were already implying, would be a framework I call “Mixed Agency” or “Stacked Agency,” where God is not seen as an agent among agents but the Agent of/over agents.
“In the beginning, God did not create things. He created agents, that is, choosers/actors/governors. Like Shakespeare, he is the author and conductor of the play. But unlike Shakespeare, God is the only playwright whose characters are actually real.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/rossbyrd/p/the-spirit-or-the-kick-drum?r=c2xi0&utm_medium=ios