Why Is God's Revelation so Vague? A Multiverse Theory of Revelation and Divine Hiddenness

This article has two main parts. The first part argues in favor of a multiverse theodicy. God has created our particular universe because it contains unique goods. While God could have made our universe better, that would in fact have turned our universe into another universe, which God has also cre...

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Main Author: Søvik, Atle Ottesen 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Zygon
Year: 2022, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 576-594
Further subjects:B Divine Hiddenness
B multiverse theodicy
B vague revelation
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Summary:This article has two main parts. The first part argues in favor of a multiverse theodicy. God has created our particular universe because it contains unique goods. While God could have made our universe better, that would in fact have turned our universe into another universe, which God has also created. Our universe remains as it is to actualize its specific goals. The second part uses this basis to defend why God's revelation is so vague. It could have been clearer, which again would have turned our universe into another universe, which also exists. Since our kind of independent universe with vague revelation actualizes unique goods, God has created our universe where the vague revelation serves specific purposes.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12798