...Benjamin L Curtis Given the above, it is hard to see why Hendricks thinks that the divine hiddenness objection is costly for atheists. They can accept that (putative) de jure objections are sound, but just cannot accept that they are rightly called de jure objections...

... – to motivate atheism. This is called the argument from divine hiddenness. In its traditional form, the argument from divine hiddenness claims that if God exists, then, necessarily, there will not be any (finite) persons that non-resistantly do not believe he exists (e.g. Schellenberg 1993 , 2015...

... by description noninferential knowledge Russell Bertrand ineffability Nicene Creed begetting Dionysian Principle Jesus perfect goodness pseudo Dionysius wisdom accordion effect divine activity Feinberg Joel Trinity omnipresence divine hiddenness mysticism immanence transcendence pantheism...

...This chapter, together with Chapter 6, presents a theory about encounters with God according to which experience of God’s presence is much more widely available than is typically credited in the literature on divine hiddenness. The present chapter further develops the account sketched in Chapter 6...

...This chapter explores how exclusive acceptance of the holiness framework transforms how we approach perennial problems of creation, evil, and divine hiddenness. Because creation is an intimate relationship between God and other things, and all such other things are limited in goodness, the holiness...

... on doctrines about humanity, the human condition, and how human beings relate to God. The chapters in Part I deal with the doctrines of the incarnation, original sin, and atonement; those in Part II discuss the problem of evil, the problem of divine hiddenness, and a theological problem that arises...

... Robert O Harlow Harry F Harlow Margaret K Plantinga Alvin Hinchman Edward S Mintz Alan Wettstein Howard Kierkegaard S DeEmmony Andy Frost Arnold Karen Weisel Elie Murray Michael J Fales Even Schellenberg J L faith belief evidence fideism divine hiddenness trust Philosophers inhabit...

...This chapter provides a detailed characterization of the various meanings of the term “divine hiddenness,” carefully and rigorously articulates the version of the problem of divine hiddenness that has dominated contemporary philosophical discussion for the past twenty-five years, and then explains...

... Wolterstorff Nicholas Panchuk Michelle Reader lament protest Job Lamentations divine hiddenness trauma suffering problem of evil defeat Conflict and suffering are woven into all human relationships, including the most intimate and loving. As a relationship starts to become intensely conflicted...

.... This chapter also argues that theistic ethics, rightly understood, never involves a genuine conflict between what's morally required and what's rational to do. A recurring epistemic challenge to theism is the question of divine hiddenness. God, we have argued, has revealed himself, but there is also...

... of the divine presence model, briefly tracing its roots in Eastern Orthodox theology, and then turning to the task of making the positive philosophical case for the view. The author argues that the problem of divine hiddenness is intertwined with the problem of hell, and reflection on the problem lends support...

... like the problem of evil and the problem of divine hiddenness. Special but not exclusive attention is paid to the implications of these pressures for the debate among skeptics, compatibilists, and libertarians in the literature on moral responsiblity. We have covered a lot of ground here...

...This introductory chapter provides an informal characterization of the phenomena of divine hiddenness, briefly contextualizes the contemporary philosophical discussion of that phenomenon, and lays out in some detail what will happen in subsequent chapters of the book. Hebrews Epistle to hiddenness...

... Testament religious experience visions voices T. L. Luhrmann Ann Taves divine presence divine hiddenness Open communication and access to presence are among our most basic expectations for love relationships. So one of the surest ways to convey lack of love for someone is to end all...

... atonement defeat of evil evil incarnation hiddenness problem seeking trying divine hiddenness atonement Marilyn McCord Adams concept of God J. L. Schellenberg Chapters 7 and 8 have provided reason to think that a great many people—particularly those who have the concept of God, access...

...This book is about the hiddenness of God, and the problems it raises for belief and trust in God. Talk of divine hiddenness evokes a variety of phenomena—the relative paucity and ambiguity of the available evidence for God’s existence, the elusiveness of God’s comforting presence when we are afraid...

...Essays in Analytic Theology: Volume II. Michael C. Rea, Oxford University Press (2021). © Michael C. Rea. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198866817.003.0008 Chapter 7 draws on recent work by Eleonore Stump and Sarah Coakley to defend a response to the problem of divine hiddenness...

...Essays in Analytic Theology: Volume II. Michael C. Rea, Oxford University Press (2021). © Michael C. Rea. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198866817.003.0009 For over two decades, the philosophical literature on divine hiddenness has been concerned with just one problem about divine hiddenness...

... and 5. Paul St omnipresence Aquinas St Thomas Peter of Cornwall Russell Bertrand James St Leslie John divine hiddenness deus absconditus omnipresence miracles salvation original sin I will begin by laying out an argument for your consideration: If God existed, that would be a very important...

...One might argue that the absence of strong evidence in support of theism is itself strong evidence in support of atheism. This is what is known as the argument from Divine Hiddenness. A Pascalian has adequate resources to refute this argument and the strict Evidentialism on which it is erected...