ABSTRACT
Our primary goal in this chapter is to explore the role of human free will in theological anthropology. 1 More specifically, we aim to address how human freedom relates to the progression from the status integritatis through the status corruptionis to the status gloriae. 2 In exploring these three stages of theological anthropology, we will contrast libertarian and compatibilist views of what humans are and are not able to freely do at each stage. 3 We will argue that either account can give an acceptable account of these stages. There may well be either philosophical or theological reasons for preferring libertarian or compatibilist accounts; 4 we do not think, however, that the desire to affirm the traditional claims of theological anthropology regarding the stages pushes one toward either of these views.
