Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief
New Perspectives
Published on 5. February 2016
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-1-107-07813-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of new essays written by an international team of scholars is a groundbreaking examination of the problem of divine hiddenness, one of the most dynamic areas in current philosophy of religion. Together, the essays constitute a wide-ranging dialogue on the problem. They balance atheistic and theistic standpoints, and they bring to bear not only on the standard philosophical perspectives but also on insights from Jewish, Muslim, and Eastern Orthodox traditions. The apophatic and the mystical are well-represented too. As a result, the volume throws fresh light on this familiar but important topic in the philosophy of religion. In the process, the volume incorporates contemporary work in epistemology, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. For all these reasons, this book will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of religion and theology.
Reviews / Votes
'This bold collection offers a satisfying display of the plurality of perspectives revolving around the topic ... On the whole, the collection is written with philosophical precision expressing the potential breadth of thought blooming and intertwined in philosophy of religion. It is a must-read for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional philosophers and theologians.' Christophe Porot, Religious Studies ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-07813-0 (9781107078130)
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Persons
Adam Green is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University. He has published numerous articles in journals, including Episteme, Synthese, American Philosophical Quarterly, The Monist, Religious Studies and the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at St Louis University. She has published extensively on philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics and medieval philosophy. Her recent publications include Aquinas (2003), Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (2010) and The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas (co-edited with Brian Davies, 2012).
Content
Introduction; Part I. The Argument from God's Hiddenness against God's Existence: 1. Divine hiddenness and human philosophy J. L. Schellenberg; Part II. God's Hiddenness: Overlooked Issues: 2. The semantic problem of hiddenness Meghan Sullivan; 3. Divine hiddenness and the cognitive science of religion Helen De Cruz; Part III. God's Hiddenness: Faith and Skepticism: 4. Divine hiddenness and self-sacrifice Paul K. Moser; 5. Journeying in perplexity Evan Fales; Part IV. Reasons for Hiddenness and Unbelief: 6. No-fault atheism John Greco; 7. Divine openness and creaturely non-resistant non-belief Daniel Howard-Snyder; 8. Hiddenness and the epistemology of attachment Adam Green; Part V. God's Hiddenness and God's Nature in the Major Monotheisms: 9. The hiddenness of 'divine hiddenness': divine love in medieval Islamic lands Jon McGinnis; 10. The hidden God of the Jews: Hegel, Reb Nachman, and the Aqedah Jerome Gellman; 11. The hidden divinity and what it reveals N. N. Trakakis; 12. Hiddenness and transcendence Michael C. Rea; Part VI. God's Hiddenness: Suffering and Union with God: 13. Divine hiddenness or dark intimacy?: How John of the Cross dissolves a contemporary philosophical dilemma Sarah Coakley; 14. Silence, evil and Shusaku Endo Yujin Nagasawa; 15. Lyric theodicy: Gerard Manley Hopkins and the problem of existential hiddenness Ian DeWeese-Boyd; Bibliography; Index.