Divine Grace and Human Agency: A Study of the Semi-Pelagian Controversy. By Rebecca Hardin Weaver. Patristic Monograph Series 15. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1996. xii + 264 pp. $30.00.

1998 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Trigg
Keyword(s):  
Human Agency ◽  
Monograph Series ◽  
Divine Grace ◽  
Pelagian Controversy

Divine and Human Action in Salvation in Augustine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Human Action ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Divine Grace ◽  
Pelagian Controversy

This chapter engages the work of Augustine on divine grace and human freedom in salvation. It works through the types of divine action seen in Augustine’s writings on grace in the Pelagian controversy as well as his work on baptism with respect to the Donatists. The author also examines a precursor to Augustine, Cyril of Jerusalem, and his work on catechesis and divine action. He considers what these theologians had to say about divine action in grace, baptism, forgiveness, and in the experience of salvation. Considering Augustine’s theology of grace, the author notes the perennial problems in reconciling divine causation of grace with human freedom in salvation.

Divine Action, Grace, and Human Agency

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Human Agency ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Human Freedom ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Divine Action ◽  
Divine Grace ◽  
Traditional Problem

This chapter illumines the old problem of the relation of human freedom to divine grace by looking at it from the perspective of God as an agent. The traditional problem of freedom and grace is this: if we allow room for human action in the economy of salvation, then we are committed to justification by works. But if salvation is all of grace and therefore does not allow for any serious causal role of the human will in salvation, then we are committed to determinism. The chapter throws light on this problem by looking at causation in in different respects, particularly how it bears on divine and human action, drawing on the work of J. R. Lucas, Paul Helm, and St. Augustine.

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