Abstract
Abstract Chapter 2 shows how, within the Divine Action Project (1988–2003), the previously established category of special divine action (SDA) was turned into a new and systematic research programme. First, the chapter outlines the wider theological debate and how the perceived chasm between Protestant liberalism and conservatism affected the Divine Action Project. The chapter suggests viewing the non-interventionist objective (special) divine action (NIODA) research programme as an alleged breakthrough between ‘liberal’ subjective SDA and ‘conservative’ objective but interventionist SDA, by decoupling objective SDA and divine intervention. Next, the chapter takes a closer look at the notion of intervention and its purported entailment of a violation of the laws of nature. After this critical evaluation of the NIODA framework, the chapter presents the three main NIODA models—whole-part, chaos, and quantum divine action—concluding that all of them face considerable scientific objections.
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