Divine hiddenness and creaturely resentment
On Schellenberg’s formulation of the problem of divine hiddenness, a loving God would ensure that anyone capable of having a relationship with Him, and not resisting it, would be granted sufficient evidence to make belief in God rationally indubitable. And He would do this by granting a powerful rel...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2012
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2012, Band: 72, Heft: 1, Seiten: 41-51 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Theism
B Divine Hiddenness B Theodicy B Christianity B Schellenberg B God |
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Zusammenfassung: | On Schellenberg’s formulation of the problem of divine hiddenness, a loving God would ensure that anyone capable of having a relationship with Him, and not resisting it, would be granted sufficient evidence to make belief in God rationally indubitable. And He would do this by granting a powerful religious experience to every person at the moment he or she reaches the age of reason. Here I lay out a new reason why God might delay revelation of himself, justifiably allowing for some nonresistant nonbelief. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-012-9338-5 |