Miracles, Nature and what Lies Between: Ramban on Hashgacha

 https://etzion.org.il/en/philosophy/issues-jewish-thought/issues-mussar-and-faith/miracles-nature-and-what-lies-between

In the past few shiurim I have investigated the Rambam's understanding of hashgacha at length.  As I mentioned at the end of the last shiur, this position, though very important in creating space for a conception of nature that matches our modern sensibilities, also tends to leave us with the sense that it goes too far.  In protecting his conception of God as a transcendent Being, the Rambam runs the risk of propounding what amounts to a nearly secular theology.  The living God of the Bible who is passionately concerned with His people is replaced by a remote First Cause about whom “concern” is at best a metaphor stretched to the limit.