Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives

by Adam Green (Editor), Eleonore Stump (Editor)

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.

Genres: Philosophy, Theology

306 pages, Hardcover

First published February 29, 2016

About the author

Following a traditional moderately orthodox Jewish upbringing I studied art for five years, gaining a BA at Saint Martins in 1981. For the next fifteen years I enjoyed success both as a representational/expressive painter and then as a commercial illustrator. In 1993 I began work on my academic book, King Saul - The True History of the First Messiah which was published by the Lutterworth press (Cambridge) in 2007 to critical acclaim. My first novel, The Sons of Kohath was published in 2014. In addition to my writing, literary editing, fine art and illustration skills I am also a professional 'art photographer' and am proficient with the very latest Adobe Photoshop software. I am currently producing a series of commercial limited edition, highly produced photo-art images using these processes. In 1991 I married ex Sadlers Wells ballerina Dido Nicholson and a year later we purchased a 'finca' (a small holding) in southern Spain where we primarily farm grapes and make traditional Malaga Montes wine. From 1993 until today--except for a two year spell in Israel from 2009-11) we have divided our time equally between London and Andalusia.

Reviews

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was mostly disappointed in this book. I knew Schellenberg, and appreciate his perspective, even if his reliance on syllogisms is a bit too cut and dried for me. But for the most part, these explorations of Schelleneberg's thesis are similarly cut and dried, and lean far too much on the, "My God, no! He's wrong!" side of things. I wish there was another volume out there with essays that shared Schellenberg's atheist conclusions, but explored different avenues for getting there. I also missed any interaction with Continental, Post-modern takes on a non-ontological conception of God, ala Kearny or Caputo.