Summary

While scientific accounts of Divine action are today problematic, it seems we can also say that for all practical purposes the future appears to be genuinely open. So, if God wanted to act while still observing natural laws, there are ways in which it could be done. To be sure, in some scenarios, the scope for Divine action tends to zero, but the particular cases where predictability is hard compound rapidly when we try and predict farther into the future. But if natural laws are not violated, all claims of Divine action will remain subjective. To use Barbour's terminology, they will remain within a 'theology of nature'. If we are to see God acting, the best places to look will be in history, and 'up ahead'.

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