why look for divine action in science?
Before we turn to consider the work of certain scholars in this field and the nature of quantum mechanics in more detail, we must first briefly address the question of why it is that quantum mechanics should be of any relevance to the doctrine of divine action. After all, Aquinas, with whom we began our discussion, did not need the indeterminacies of the atom for his theology of divine action. It is remarkable how rarely this point is considered, given that it lies at the foundation of all of this scholarship. Indeed, it also seems to be rarely appreciated that the change in theological outlook that has occurred since Aquinas’s time is almost as radical as that which has occurred scientifically. The theory of knowledge that underpinned most theological scholarship in the Middle Ages was this: humanity was originally created with full knowledge of all natural things and with sufficient knowledge of God to satisfy all human needs. Following the Fall, a large proportion of this knowledge
