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For many people the existence of God is by no means a sufficiently clear feature of reality. This problem, the fact of divine hiddenness, has been a source of existential concern and has sometimes been taken as a rationale for support of atheism or agnosticism. In this new collection of essays, a distinguished group of philosophers of religion explore the question of divine hiddenness in considerable detail. The issue is approached from several perspectives including Jewish, Christian, atheist and agnostic. There is coverage of the historical treatment of divine hiddenness as found in the work of Maimonides, St. John of the Cross, Jonathan Edwards, Kierkegaard, and various Biblical writers. A substantial introduction clarifies the main problems of and leading solutions to divine hiddenness. Primarily directed at philosophers of religion, theologians, and scholars of religious studies, this collection could also serve as a textbook for upper-level courses in philosophy of religion.

Religion --- Hidden God. --- Deus Absconditus --- God --- God, Hidden --- Silence of God --- Philosophy. --- Absence --- Silence --- Knowableness --- Hidden God --- Philosophy --- Arts and Humanities

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This Element provides an introduction to the hiddenness argument, as presented by John Schellenberg, and its up-to-date discussion in a comprehensible way. It concludes with a brief assessment of where things stand, from the author's point of view, and why divine hiddenness should not reduce a reflective theist's confidence in theism.

God --- Hidden God. --- Attributes. --- Schellenberg, J. L., --- Deus Absconditus --- God, Hidden --- Silence of God --- Attributes of God --- Absence --- Silence --- Knowableness --- Schellenberg, John L.,

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Does God, in fact, always show love toward those who love him and faithfully serve him? Even apart from the fact that God punishes those who clearly deserve his wrath, and even apart from his hostility to Israel's enemies, what do we do with the not insignificant number of passages in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible where it could be said that he turns against his own people or members of that people, attacking them without cause, or at least with excessive violence ? Professor James Crenshaw, perhaps more than any other single scholar of this generation, has led the way into discussion of this pivotal matter, and the essays included in this volume are based on or react to his seminal contributions to the topic.

22 <082> --- 22.08*2 --- God --- -Hidden God --- -Deus Absconditus --- God, Hidden --- Silence of God --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Monotheism --- Religion --- Theism --- Bijbel--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- Bijbelse theologie: moraal; ethica; socialia; juridica Israelis; spiritualiteit --- Biblical teaching --- Absence --- Silence --- Knowableness --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Hidden God --- Biblical teaching. --- Bible --- Theology. --- -Bijbel--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- 22.08*2 Bijbelse theologie: moraal; ethica; socialia; juridica Israelis; spiritualiteit --- -22.08*2 Bijbelse theologie: moraal; ethica; socialia; juridica Israelis; spiritualiteit --- Deus Absconditus --- God (Christianity) --- God (Judaism) --- Biblia --- God - Biblical teaching. --- Hidden God - Biblical teaching.

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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.

Theism. --- Hidden God. --- God --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- Philosophy and religion. --- Christianity and philosophy --- Religion and philosophy --- Religion --- Epistemology, Religious --- Religious epistemology --- Religious knowledge, Theory of --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Knowableness of God --- Knowledge of God (Knowableness of God) --- Deus Absconditus --- God, Hidden --- Silence of God --- Philosophy --- Atheism --- Misotheism --- Panentheism --- Knowableness. --- Knowledge (Knowableness) --- Absence --- Silence --- Knowableness

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Hidden God --- Biblical teaching. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 221.08*01 --- Deus Absconditus --- God --- God, Hidden --- Silence of God --- 221.08*01 Theologie van het Oude Testament: God--(Godsleer) --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: God--(Godsleer) --- Biblical teaching --- Absence --- Silence --- Knowableness --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Hidden God - Biblical teaching.