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Another look at divine hiddenness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

TERENCE CUNEO
TERENCE CUNEO*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Vermont, 70 S. Williams, Burlington, VT 05495, USA e-mail: tcuneo@uvm.edu
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Abstract

In his fine book The Wisdom to Doubt, J. L. Schellenberg builds a case for religious scepticism by advancing a version of the Hiddenness Argument. This argument rests on the claim that God could not love, in an admirable way, those who seek God while also remaining hidden from them. In this article, I distinguish two arguments for this claim. Neither argument succeeds, I contend, as each rests on an unsatisfactory understanding of the nature of admirable love, whether human or divine.

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Religious Studies , Volume 49 , Special Issue 2: Critical Essays on J. L. Schellenberg's Philosophy of Religion , June 2013 , pp. 151 - 164
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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References

Schellenberg, J. L. (2007) The Wisdom to Doubt: A Justification of Religious Skepticism (Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press).Google Scholar