A Comparative Study of Bada's Doctrine and Openness Thinking in Solving the Conflict between Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Will

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1 Assistant professor of Islamic philosophy and theology, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

2 Associate professor of Islamic philosophy, University of Tehran, Farabi Campus, Qom, Iran

10.22080/jre.2024.24308.1165

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Open theology is a theological movement that emerged from the heart of the evangelical Christian tradition at the end of the 20th century and was concerned with drawing a model of God's action in the world, based on which it could resolve the conflict and inconsistency in traditional theology, that is, between free will/human agency and God's prior and absolute knowledge. This thinking, which is considered a new approach in the field of theology and philosophy of religion, has raised views that have attracted the attention and criticism of many thinkers, both philosophically and theologically. Looking at the precious heritage of Islamic and especially Shiite thought, it can be seen that the doctrine of Bada can be more successful in solving the problem of human free will and divine foreknowledge; because based on open theism, it is necessary to give up the application of divine knowledge, in addition to ascribing attributes such as changeability to God in order to protect human free will, while with the help of Bada's teaching, it is possible to maintain the application of divine knowledge and to consider man as a being with absolute free will. In this research, an attempt was made to explain this superiority.

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