The Church And The Problem Of Divine Hiddenness

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The Hiddenness of God

Author : Michael C. Rea
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192560425
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Hiddenness of God written by Michael C. Rea and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hiddenness of God addresses the problem of divine hiddenness which concerns the ambiguity of evidence for God's existence, the elusiveness of God's comforting presence, the palpable and devastating experience of divine absence and abandonment, and more; phenomena which are hard to reconcile with the idea, central to the Jewish and Christian scriptures, that there exists a God who is deeply and lovingly concerned with the lives of humans. Michael C. Rea argues that divine hiddenness is not a problem to be explained away but rather a consequence of the nature of God himself. He shows that it rests on unwarranted assumptions and expectations about God's love for human beings. Rea explains how scripture and tradition bear testimony not only to God's love, but to God's transcendence. He shows that God's transcendence should be understood as implying that all of God's intrinsic attributes—divine love included—elude our grasp in significant ways.

Divine Hiddenness

Author : Daniel Howard-Snyder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521006101
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Divine Hiddenness written by Daniel Howard-Snyder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished group of philosophers of religion explore the question of divine hiddenness.

The Hiddenness Argument

Author : J. L. Schellenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198733089
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Hiddenness Argument written by J. L. Schellenberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Some Basic Tools -- 2. A Conceptual Map -- 3. Why So Late to the Show? -- 4. The Main Premise -- 5. Add Insight and Stir -- 6. Nonresistant Nonbelief -- 7. Must a God Be Loving? -- 8. The Challenge -- Coda: After Personal Gods.

The Church and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness

Author : Derek S. King
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000827437
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Church and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness written by Derek S. King and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a theological, and more specifically ecclesiological, response to the philosophical problem of divine hiddenness. It engages with philosopher J.L. Schellenberg’s argument on hiddenness and sets out a theologically rich and fresh response, drawing on the ecclesiological thought of Gregory of Nyssa. With careful attention to Gregory’s work, the book shows how certain ecclesiological problems and themes are critical to the hiddenness argument. It looks to the gathered church (the church as the body of Christ) and the scattered church (the church as the image of God) for relevance to the hiddenness problem. The volume will be of interest to scholars of theology and philosophy, particularly analytic theologians and philosophers of religion.

Debating Christian Religious Epistemology

Author : John M. DePoe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350062766
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Debating Christian Religious Epistemology written by John M. DePoe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to believe in God? What passes as evidence for belief in God? What issues arise when considering the rationality of belief in God? Debating Christian Religious Epistemology introduces core questions in the philosophy of religion by bringing five competing viewpoints on the knowledge of God into critical dialogue with one another. Each chapter introduces an epistemic viewpoint, providing an overview of its main arguments and explaining why it justifies belief. The validity of that viewpoint is then explored and tested in a critical response from an expert in an opposing tradition. Featuring a wide range of different philosophical positions, traditions and methods, this introduction: - Covers classical evidentialism, phenomenal conservatism, proper functionalism, covenantal epistemology and traditions-based perspectivalism - Draws on MacIntyre's account of rationality and ideas from the Analytic and Conservatism traditions - Addresses issues in social epistemology - Considers the role of religious experience and religious texts Packed with lively debates, this is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in understanding the major positions in contemporary religious epistemology and how religious concepts and practices relate to belief and knowledge.

Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason

Author : J. L. Schellenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801473463
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason written by J. L. Schellenberg and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this clearly written and tightly argued book, J. L. Schellenberg addresses a fundamental yet neglected religious problem. If there is a God, he asks, why is his existence not more obvious? Traditionally, theists have claimed that God is hidden in order to account for the fact that the evidence of his existence is as weak as it is. Schellenberg maintains that, given the understanding of God's moral character to which theists are committed, this claim runs into serious difficulty. There are grounds, the author writes, for thinking that the perfectly loving God of theism would not be hidden, that such a God would put the fact of his existence beyond reasonable nonbelief. Since reasonable nonbelief occurs, Schellenberg argues, it follows that there is here an argument of considerable force for atheism. In developing his claim, Schellenberg carefully examines the relevant views of such theists as Pascal, Butler, Kierkegaard, Hick, and others. He clarifies their suggestions concerning Divine hiddenness and shows how they fall short of providing a rebuttal for the argument he presents. That argument, he concludes, poses a serious challenge to theism, to which contemporary theists must seek to respond. The first full-length treatment of its topic, Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason will be of interest to anyone who has sought to reach a conclusion as to God's existence, and especially to theologians and philosophers of religion.

Problems of Evil and the Power of God

Author : Professor James A Keller
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409477797
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Problems of Evil and the Power of God by : Professor James A Keller

Download or read book Problems of Evil and the Power of God written by Professor James A Keller and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do bad things happen, even to good people? If there is a God, why aren't God's existence and God's will for humans more apparent? And if God really does miracles for some people, why not for others? This book examines these three problems of evil – suffering, divine hiddenness, and unfairness if miracles happen as believers claim – to explore how different ideas of God's power relate to the problem of evil. Keller argues that as long as God is believed to be all-powerful, there are no adequate answers to these problems, nor is it enough for theists simply to claim that human ignorance makes these problems insoluble. Arguing that there are no good grounds for the belief that God is all-powerful, Keller instead defends the understanding of God and God's power found in process theism and shows how it makes possible an adequate solution to the problems of evil while providing a concept of God that is religiously adequate.

Enduring Divine Absence

Author : Joseph Minich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999552780
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Enduring Divine Absence written by Joseph Minich and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, millions of people in the modern West identify as atheists. And even for believers, the intellectual and spiritual temptations to deny the existence of God seem greater than ever. Too often we respond to this pressure by seeking more and more rational proofs of God's existence, but what if a lack of reason to believe is not our main problem? In this volume, Joseph Minich argues that our real challenge is existential and imaginative-a felt absence of God that is more visceral in our modern world than for most generations past, and the sense that if God cannot be sensed, He cannot be there. Why are we so haunted and disoriented today by this sense of God's absence? And how can we learn to sustain and strengthen our faith in the face of it? In these pages, Minich charts a way back to a renewal of our hearts and imaginations that can enable us to embrace the challenge of finding and being found by the hidden God.

The Problem of Evil

Author : Jeremy A. Evans
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433671808
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Evil written by Jeremy A. Evans and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For philosophy and theology scholars as well as their students, a thoughtful book offering holistic responses to the problem of evil that are philosophically and theologically maintainable.

Mirrors of God

Author : Derek S. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Mirrors of God written by Derek S. King and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief

Author : Adam Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110707813X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief written by Adam Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new essays is a groundbreaking examination of divine hiddenness from the perspectives of different faiths.

Impeccability and Temptation

Author : Johannes Grössl
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000376656
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Impeccability and Temptation written by Johannes Grössl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Christian theology, the teaching that Christ possessed both a human and divine will is central to the doctrine of two natures, but it also represents a logical paradox, raising questions about how a person can be both impeccable and subject to temptation. This volume explores these questions through an analytic theology approach, bringing together 15 original papers that explore the implications of a strong libertarian concept of free will for Christology. With perspectives from systematic theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars, several chapters also offer a comparative theology approach, examining the concept of impeccability in the Muslim tradition. Therefore, this volume will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in analytic theology, biblical scholarship, systematic theology, and Christian-Islamic dialogue.

The Sin of Certainty

Author : Peter Enns
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062272101
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Sin of Certainty written by Peter Enns and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So explains how Christians mistake “certainty” and “correct belief” for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy. With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of “once for all delivered to the saints.” Enns offers a model of vibrant faith that views skepticism not as a loss of belief, but as an opportunity to deepen religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, he contends, but a more profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide. Combining Enns’ reflections of his own spiritual journey with an examination of Scripture, The Sin of Certainty models an acceptance of mystery and paradox that all believers can follow and why God prefers this path because it is only this way by which we can become mature disciples who truly trust God. It gives Christians who have known only the demand for certainty permission to view faith on their own flawed, uncertain, yet heartfelt, terms.

The Mirror Or the Mask

Author : Lydia McGrew
Publisher : Deward Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781947929074
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror Or the Mask written by Lydia McGrew and published by Deward Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did the gospel authors invent stories about Jesus that never happened? Meticulous, well-informed, and accessible, The Mirror or the Mask is an important addition to the libraries of laymen, pastors, apologists, and scholars who want to know whether the Gospels are reliable.

Apologetics and the Christian Imagination

Author : Holly Ordway
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 194512539X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Apologetics and the Christian Imagination written by Holly Ordway and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apologetics, the defense of the Faith, shows why our Christian faith is true—but it’s much more than that. Apologetics isn’t just the province of scholars and saints, but of ordinary men and women: parents, teachers, lay ministry leaders, pastors, and everyone who wants to develop a stronger faith, to understand why we believe what we believe, to know Our Lord better, and love him more fully. In Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith, Holly Ordway shows how an imaginative approach—in cooperation with rational arguments—is extremely valuable in helping people come to faith in Christ. Making a case for the role of imagination in apologetics, this book proposes ways to create meaning for Christian language in a culture that no longer understands words like ‘sin’ or ‘salvation,' suggests how to discern and address the manipulation of language, and shows how metaphor and narrative work in powerful ways to communicate the truth. It applies these concepts to specific, key apologetics issues, including suffering, doubt, and longing for meaning and beauty. Apologetics and the Christian Imagination shows how Christians can harness the power of the imagination to share the Faith in meaningful, effective ways.

Disappointment with God

Author : Philip Yancey
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 031021436X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Disappointment with God written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No part of the Bible goes unstudied in this book's search for God's hidden nature.

Hating God

Author : Bernard Schweizer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199781346
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Hating God written by Bernard Schweizer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While atheists such as Richard Dawkins have now become public figures, there is another and perhaps darker strain of religious rebellion that has remained out of sight--people who hate God. In this revealing book, Bernard Schweizer looks at men and women who do not question God's existence, but deny that He is merciful, competent, or good. Sifting through a wide range of literary and historical works, Schweizer finds that people hate God for a variety of reasons. Some are motivated by social injustice, human suffering, or natural catastrophes that God does not prevent. Some blame God for their personal tragedies. Schweizer concludes that, despite their blasphemous thoughts, these people tend to be creative and moral individuals, and include such literary lights as Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Rebecca West, Elie Wiesel, and Philip Pullman. Schweizer shows that literature is a fertile ground for God haters. Many authors, who dare not voice their negative attitude to God openly, turn to fiction to give vent to it. Indeed, Schweizer provides many new and startling readings of literary masterpieces, highlighting the undercurrent of hatred for God. Moreover, by probing the deeper mainsprings that cause sensible, rational, and moral beings to turn against God, Schweizer offers answers to some of the most vexing questions that beset human relationships with the divine.