Sentence examples for General providence from inspiring English sources
Accordingly, God is still able to exercise a sort of general providence over the world, guiding it in the direction of his objectives as creator, or at least something approximating them (Rhoda 2010).
In both texts he argues that providence is general in nature; it primarily appertains to species and only incidentally to particulars of the species.
In the 1850s, Lincoln believed in "providence" in a general way, and rarely used the language or imagery of the evangelicals; he regarded the republicanism of the Founding Fathers with an almost religious reverence.
William is especially concerned to argue that God's providence is not just general in nature, but extends to all individual creatures.
In what follows, we provide a brief survey of work on the three topics in contemporary philosophical theology that aside from general issues concerning the nature, attributes, and providence of God have received the most attention from philosophers of religion over the past quarter century.
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She would do 1 year of a general pediatrics residency at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence--where Berns served as head of pediatric trauma--and then she would train further at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Relations have soured between some foreclosure activists and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who earned praise for his role in a controversial Wall Street settlement but has more recently also become an object of criticism for that same role.
Although cosmic order is necessarily a general idea comprising the whole of the world and all that exists in it, the concept of providence may be more particular: the benevolent aspect of providence may be confined to a special group of people or at least be specially related to that group, or a number of patron gods or saints may watch over some specific activity or smaller group.
In 1999 State Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat with an eye on the governor's office, met with John J. McConnell Jr., a Providence-based Ness Motley partner and treasurer for the state Democratic party.
