Parallelism And Concurrentism Essay

Concurrentism holds the belief that God is involved in ever natural event and so is nature. The each activity thus has a two part dependence on God and Nature. Andrew Pessin states “Concurrence is demanded not because of the lack of any natural power or disposition, but because of the radical dependence of secondary causes . . . on the primary or first cause” (Pessin, 2003). Concurrentism makes its stance upon three fundamental commitments. First, God’s not only created the world, but also conserves creations existence through His cooperative acting. Second, concurrentists hold that creatures and nature were given active and passive power and they exercise their powers in causal interactions. Finally, this view maintains that although natures