PART ONE: SUPERNATURALITY OF THE MIRACULOUS VENT 21
INTRODUCTION 21
CHAPTER 1: THE COURSE OF EVENTS 27
1.1. INTRODUCTION 27
1.2. NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS 28
1.3. SUPERNATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS 44
CHAPTER 2: PROBLEM OF THE CAUSE OF EVENTS 55
2.1. INTRODUCTION 55
2.2. NATURAL CAUSE OF EVENTS 57
2.3. SUPERNATURAL CAUSE OF EVENTS 64
CHAPTER 3: THE CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPTION OF MIRACLE AS THE SUPERNATURAL EVENT 73
3.1. INTRODUCTION 73
3.2. THE CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPTION OF MIRACLE AS THE EVENT WITH SUPERNATURAL COURSE 74
3.3. THE CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPTION OF MIRACLE AS THE EVENT WITH THE UPERNATURAL CAUSE 81
PART TWO: GOD’S ACTION IN THE MIRACULOUS EVENT 87
INTRODUCTION 87
CHAPTER 4: GOD’S ACTION AS THE CAUSE OF MIRACULOUS EVENT 89
4.1. INTRODUCTION 89
4.2. TYPOLOGY OF GOD’S ACTIONS WITHIN THE NATURE 90
4.3. THE CHARACTER OF DIVINE ACTION IN THE CASE OF MIRACULOUS EVENT 104
4.4. THE PROPOSALS OF MODELS OF CAUSAL JOINT BETWEEN GOD’S ACTION AND THE NATURE IN MIRACULOUS EVENT 111
CHAPTER 5: THE PERSONAL ASPECT OF GOD’S ACTION WITHIN MIRACULOUS EVENT 125
5.1. INTRODUCTION 125
5.2. THE CONCEPTION OF BASIC ACTIONS AND OF THE BASIC ACTION ON THE PART OF GOD 127
5.3. BASIC AND NON-BASIC ACTION OF GOD IN A MIRACULOUS EVENT 138
5.4. THE MODEL OF CREATING GOD’S ACTION IN MIRACULOUS EVENT 143
PART THREE: THE SYSTEM APPROACH TOWARDS ONTOLOGY OF MIRACLE 159
INTRODUCTION 159
CHAPTER 6: THE ASSUMPTIONS OF SYSTEM ONTOLOGY OF MIRACLE 161
6.1. INTRODUCTION 161
6.2. THE PERSONALISTIC CHARACTER OF MIRACULOUS EVENT 161
6.3. THE EXISTENTIAL CHARACTER OF MIRACULOUS EVENT 166
CHAPTER 7: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEM ONTOLOGY OF MIRACLE 171
7.1. INTRODUCTION 171
7.2. THE NATURE AS A SYSTEM 171
7.3. THE BOUNDARY ELEMENTS OF NATURE SYSTEM 175
7.4. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM ONTOLOGY OF MIRACLE 178
CHAPTER 8: THE RELATIONAL AND COMMUNICATIONAL CONCEPTION OF MIRACLE 185
8.1. INTRODUCTION 185
8.2. THE RELATIONAL ASPECT OF ONTOLOGY OF MIRACULOUS EVENT 186
8.3. THE COMMUNICATIONAL ASPECT OF ONTOLOGY OF MIRACLE 191
CONCLUSION 197
BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 219