Divine Love and the Argument from Divine Hiddenness
This paper criticizes one of the premises of Schellenbergs atheistic argument from divine hiddenness. This premise, which can be considered as the foundation of his proposed argument, is based on a specific interpretation of divine love as eros. In this paper I first categorize several concepts of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2014]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-116 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Schellenberg, J. L. 1959-
/ God
/ Seclusion
/ God
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | This paper criticizes one of the premises of Schellenbergs atheistic argument from divine hiddenness. This premise, which can be considered as the foundation of his proposed argument, is based on a specific interpretation of divine love as eros. In this paper I first categorize several concepts of divine love under two main categories, eros and agape; I then answer some main objections to the ascription of eros to God; and in the last part I show that neither on a reading of divine love as agape nor as eros can Schellenbergs argument be construed as sound. My aim is to show that even if - contra Nygren for example - we accept that divine love can be interpreted as eros, Schellenbergs argument still doesnt work. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v6i2.180 |