Some critical reflections on the hiddenness argument

Aijaz, Imran; Weidler, Markus

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“…See Aijaz & Weidler (2007), Azadegan (2013a; 2013b; forthcoming), Cullison (2010), Cuneo (2013), Dumsday (2010a; 2010b; 2012a; 2012b; 2013), Evans (2006; 2010), Henry (2001; 2008), Howard-Snyder (1996), King (2008; 2013), Marsh (2008), McBrayer & Swenson (2012), McCreary (2010), McKim (2001), Moser (2008), Murray (2002), Oakes (2008), O'Connell (2013), Poston & Dougherty (2007), Rea (2009), Swinburne (1998; 2004), van Inwagen (2002; 2006), Tucker (2008), and Weidler & Aijaz (2013).…”

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Divine hiddenness and special revelation

Dumsday¹

2014

Rel. Stud.

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Next to the problem of evil, the problem of divine hiddenness is the most prominent single argument for atheism in the current literature. Most advocates of the problem target what can be termed ‘generic theism’, theism abstracted from any particular religious tradition. Correspondingly most replies are made from the perspective of generic theism. While understandable, this common structure to the dialectic can obscure possible replies centred on the doctrinal resources of particular religions. I argue here that Christian soteriology provides a good reason why God might refrain from making His existence rationally indubitable to all.

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Divine hiddenness and special revelation

Dumsday¹

2014

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“…2.See for instance Aijaz and Weidler (2007), Dumsday (2010a; 2010b), Evans (2006), Henry (2001; 2008), Howard-Snyder (1996), McKim (2001), Moser (2008), Murray (2002), Oakes (2008), Poston and Dougherty (2007), Rea (2009), Swinburne (1998; 2004), van Inwagen (2006), and Tucker (2008). …”

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Divine hiddenness as divine mercy

Dumsday

2011

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If God exists, why isn't His existence more apparent? In recent analytic philosophy this longstanding question has been developed into an argument for atheism typically referred to as the ‘problem of divine hiddenness’. My goal here is to put forward a new reply. The basic idea is that there is some reason to think that for many of us, our moral conduct would not improve even if God's existence were not subject to doubt. However, immoral conduct in such a state of affairs would be even more immoral, and hence justly subject to greater punishment, than it is in a state of affairs in which God's existence is subject to doubt. As such, God mercifully remains ‘hidden’ in order to limit our moral culpability.

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“…5353See Moser (2004, 58; Wainwright 2002, 113). Aijaz and Weidler (2007) drew my attention to this. Schellenberg (2005a, 208) responds, but his use of the term “conscious” rather than “explicit” in more recent forms of the argument rebuts their contentions more conclusively.…”

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Getting to Know a God You Do Not Believe In: Panentheism, Externalism, and Divine Hiddenness

Cawdron¹

2021

Zygon

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J. L. Schellenberg's hiddenness argument is one of the key contemporary justifications for atheism and has prompted numerous responses from those defending the plausibility of belief in God. I will outline a recent counterargument from Michael C. Rea, who claims that relationships with God are far more widely available than Schellenberg assumes. However, I will suggest that it invites a response from proponents of the hiddenness argument because it leaves some nonbelievers unaccounted for. I will rectify this by suggesting that a model of panentheism in which God is embodied in the cosmos allows all, including all nonbelievers, to have a relationship with God. I will then claim that semantic externalism and externalism about beliefs can enable nonbelievers to get to know this God. I will then challenge the hiddenness argument by suggesting that these relationships can accommodate the key motivations behind Schellenberg's insistence on personal relationships without requiring subjects to recognize that they are in a relationship with God.

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Some critical reflections on the hiddenness argument

Cited by 19 publications

References 7 publications

Divine hiddenness and special revelation

Divine hiddenness and special revelation

Divine hiddenness as divine mercy

Getting to Know a God You Do Not Believe In: Panentheism, Externalism, and Divine Hiddenness

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