ACT OF GOD

in law, an accident caused by the operation of extraordinary natural force. The effect of ordinary natural causes (e.g., that rain will leak through a defective roof) may be foreseen and avoided by the exercise of human care; failure to take the necessary precautions constitutes negligence, and the party injured in the accident may be entitled to damages. An act of God, however, is so extraordinary and devoid of human agency that reasonable care would not avoid the consequences; hence, the injured party has no right to damages. Accidents caused by tornadoes, perils of the sea, extraordinary floods, and severe ice storms are usually considered acts of God, but fires are not so considered unless they are caused by lightning.

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Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
Book by Theodore Steinberg; Oxford University Press, 2000
...one of the most shameless uses of act-of-God rhetoric on record, "the catastrophe must be characterized as an act of God and was by its very nature...man." 67 Labeling the calamity an act of God outraged both veterans and...
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The Existentialists and God: Being and the Being of God in the Thought of Seoren Kierkegaard, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paul Tillich, Etienne Gilson [And
Book by Arthur C. Cochrane; Westminster Press, 1956
Subjects: Existentialism, God, Ontology
...proposition that "God is" must be: "God is Who He Is in the act of his revelation." It is a question of...immediately explains that when, on the basis of God's revelation, we define God as event, act, and life, we do not identify God with...
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As in a Mirror: John Calvin and Karl Barth on Knowing God: A Diptych
Book by Cornelis Van Der Kooi, Donald Mader; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Barth, Karl--1886-1968, Calvin, Jean--1509-1564, God--Knowableness--History Of Doctrines
...for human knowledge of God. Within the reality of faith as participation in Gods self-knowledge, who God is can be further particularised...Ihc Being of God in Act. For the rest, the intention...double meaning, namely as act or deed, and as being...being. With respect to God, being and act are not...mover, as being at rest. Gods being is typified by acting...
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The Christian God
Book by Richard Swinburne; Clarendon Press, 1994
Subjects: God, Incarnation, Trinity
...there will be many things which God can do, in the sense that he...with doing some very important act which one had not foreseen that...it will always be the best act in some situation to keep ones...omniscient and knowing which acts he might have the opportunity...therefore it will always be the best act to keep his promises. God can...
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Revelation and the God of Israel
Book by Norbert M. Samuelson; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: God (Judaism), Philosophy, Jewish, Revelation (Jewish Theology)
DOES GOD SPEAK? How the issue is to...believes about the nature of God. The argument that will be...human understanding, as diverse acts, some of which can be called...human intellects , but these acts, which seem to us to be diverse...plural, are in reality a single act: God being God. In fact the...
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How God Acts
Journal article by James F. Salmon; Theological Studies, Vol. 72, 2011
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, How God Acts (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
How God Acts. by James F. Salmon HOW GOD ACTS. By Denis Edwards. Minneapolis...is informed by the notion of Gods loving self-bestowal. E...Chapter 4, "Special Divine Acts," sets up E.s succeeding...which deal with miracles, the act of resurrection, evolution...does not prevent the living God from providential activity through...
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Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays & the Medieval European Stage, 500-1550
Journal article by Susannah Crowder; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays (Book), The Medieval European Stage, 500-1550 (Book)
Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays the Medieval European...by Susannah Crowder Sarah Beckwith. Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays. Chicago and London...
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Sarah Beckwith. Signifying God: Social Relations and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays
Journal article by Victor Scherb; Comparative Drama, 2002
Subjects: Signifying God: Social Relations and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays (Book)
Sarah Beckwith. Signifying God: Social Relations and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays by Victor...illustrated. $35.00. Sarah Beckwiths Signifying God: Social Relations and Symbolic Act in the York Corpus Christi Plays is an important...
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Scheler's Argument for God's Existence from Religious Acts
Journal article by John R. White; Philosophy Today, Vol. 45, 2001
Subjects: God, Philosophy, Religion, Scheler, Max
...seem obvious at the outset that God is the only real candidate as an object of religious acts. But this is not exactly correct...metaphysician attempting to prove Gods existence does not thereby perform an act of religion in Schelers sense, though God is clearly the object of her acts. Rather it is God as revealed...
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Does Zayd Have the Power Not to Travel Tomorrow? a Preliminary Analysis of Al-farabi's Discussion on God's Knowledge of Future Human Acts
Journal article by Fehrullah Terkan; The Muslim World, Vol. 94, 2004
Subjects: Alfarabi, Abu Nasr (870-950 AD), Aristotle (384-22 BC), God, Knowledge, Philosophers, Philosophy, Theology
...posits the idea that God does not know particular...the human ignorance of Gods knowledge of human acts. This theory collapses...conscious of the fact that God foreknows in what way he will act. Both theories have...decision into practice that Gods knowing that Zayd will...act, which means that God knows the act as or after Zayd acts. This last conclusion...
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Acts of God, Acts of Media
Magazine article by Norman Solomon; The Humanist, Vol. 65, March 2005
Subjects: Politics--Religious aspects, Religion and politics--Media coverage, Religion--Political aspects
Acts of God, Acts of Media. by Norman...have already heard a lot about God. When Larry King interviewed...S. news media. Faith in God is a televised no-brainer...bucking the media tide. "Gods will and design for this temporal...
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Acts of God, or Acts of Reckless Man?
Magazine article by Marvin Olasky; Human Events, Vol. 62, August 14, 2006
Subjects: Attitudes, Building codes, Catastrophes, Disasters, Fatalities, Lightning
Acts of God, or Acts of Reckless Man? by Marvin Olasky The devastation wrought by Hurricane...little time to run, so 2,500 died. We talk about many disasters as "acts of God," but some are acts of man. The Yangtze River flood in 1954...
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Acts of God
Magazine article; Foreign Policy, March 2001
Subjects: Inter-American Development Bank--Reports, Latin America--Natural disasters, Natural disasters--Reports
Acts of God In the concluding passages of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude, a 59-month rainstorm...
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Reflections on a Mission Trip: Whenever an Act of Love Is Shown, God Is Making His Presence Known
Magazine article by Emily Wyatt; Momentum, Vol. 37, September 2006
Subjects: Community, Living conditions, Religion, Students, Travel
...Mission Trip: Whenever an Act of Love Is Shown, God...that they saw glimpses of God in their fellow classmates...most obvious presence of God was in the generosity...experience and to understand Gods Paschal Mystery in a new...rise up and experience God in a new way, through...week was "Whenever an act of love is shown, God...
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Does God Suffer
Magazine article by Thomas G. Weinandy; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2001
Subjects: God--Attributes, Suffering--Religious aspects, Sympathy--Religious aspects
...the biblical notion of Gods transcendence and immanence. The manner in which God both transcends the created...present to and immanently acts within the created order...while ardently upholding Gods impassibility, can equally...fallen humankind. Even Gods anger was not conceived...something positive of God, that is, that He is...First, by being pure act, God possesses the potential to perform acts that are singular to...
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With Freedom Comes Responsibility to Act in God's Image
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 17, 2007
...Freedom Comes Responsibility to Act in Gods Image. Byline: FROM HEART TO...this world, and ask: How can God allow these things to happen...the need to respond. How will I act? How will each of us act? I pray that God will guide each...
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Survivors Ask: Was This an Act of God or Nature?
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 7, 2005
Survivors Ask: Was This an Act of God or Nature? Byline: By DAVID WILLIAMSON...wondering whether the tsunami was an act of God or nature. Former Western Mail...and said, So, tell me: Was this an act of nature or an act of God? I say this...
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SIMPLY DIVINE; Andrews Convinced 2005 Title Triumph Was Down to 'An Act of God'; Rangers Team-Mates Insisted They Would Go to Church ... He Is Still Waiting
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 23, 2010
...Convinced 2005 Title Triumph Was Down to An Act of God; Rangers Team-Mates Insisted They...hands, trying to squeeze mention of God into the Old Firm rivalry is akin to...told everyone that I would pray to God to give Rangers the championship...
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If This Was an Act of God - What Was God Thinking?
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 2, 2005
If This Was an Act of God - What Was God Thinking? By Rt Rev John Packer BISHOP...tempted to ascribe natural disaster to Gods wrath or punishment. This may happen...use the disaster to claim there is no God. After the Lisbon earthquake in 1755...
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AN ACT OF GOD,OR A CRASS BA FOUL-UP? James Gillespie Tells How His Family Was Left Abandoned in the Wake of Hurricane Charley
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 22, 2004
AN ACT OF GOD,OR A CRASS BA FOUL-UP? James Gillespie...shame any other business. Bad weather is an act of God and therefore, BA says, it has no...no responsibility to us because it was an act of God. WE waited. Our name was third on...
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Act of God
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACT OF GOD in law, an accident caused by the operation...accident may be entitled to damages. An act of God, however, is so extraordinary and devoid...severe ice storms are usually considered acts of God, but fires are not so considered...
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Negligence
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...negligence. Most negligent acts are inadvertent; between them and fully intentional acts lie forms of conduct variously...may, however, be considered acts of negligence. The obligation to act with care may arise out of a...control (see, e.g., act of God ) is not compensable, although...
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Logos
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hebrew Word of God. Philos God is remote, unaffected by the...Philos Logos is independent of God (because of Gods remoteness); at other times...Logos is simply the Reason of God (because Philos monism obliges God to act in the world through His mediating...
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Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of reason; both are gifts of God, but reason has an autonomy...said to exist in three ways: in God, in things, and in the mind...things that we come to know of Gods existence. In the natural order what God is can be known only by analogy...Aristotelian concepts of potency and act, matter and form, being and...
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Sin , in Religion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...religion, unethical act. The term implies...disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism...idolatry; to regain Gods favor the whole people...Christians divide human acts into good, indifferent...others regard all acts not positively good...refraining from indifferent acts solely to please God. The theory that no act is really indifferent...
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