I am writing the following essays for edited volumes / scholarly encyclopedias:
“God’s Knowledge, Will, Providence, Predestination et al – qq. 14-26,” Oxford Handbook of the Summa Theologiae, ed. T.S. Cory, M. Levering, and T.J. White OP (Oxford: Oxford University Press), under contract.
“Causation,” Catholic Encyclopedia of Theology
My current book book project:
Divine and Created Causation in Medieval Philosophy, book in progress.
Christian, Jewish and Islamic thinkers believe that everything is created and sustained by God. This raises the question of whether God’s all-pervasive causality leaves room for creatures to have robust causal agency. Medieval thinkers made great advancements in conceptualizing the relationship between divine and created causality. Their views shaped early modern discussions of causality and continue to influence philosophers and theologians today. Despite the historical importance and contemporary relevance, many aspects of medieval causality debates remain unexplored. My book provides a comprehensive overview of key positions and issues, including some that have been unstudied in previous scholarship. The authors I discuss include well-known figures, such as Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, as well as lesser-studied figures, such as Peter Olivi and Henry of Ghent, who made important contributions to medieval causality debates. The book will show how other emerging views, on topics such as God’s sovereignty, human freedom, and the nature of sin, impacted the development of views about divine and created causality.
Gloria Frost 