Divine Love and the Argument from Divine Hiddenness

This paper criticizes one of the premises of Schellenberg’s 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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Autore principale: Azadegan, Ebrahim (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: [2014]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Anno: 2014, Volume: 6, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 101-116
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Schellenberg, J. L. 1959- / Dio / Nascondimento / Amore di Dio
Notazioni IxTheo:AB Filosofia delle religioni
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Riepilogo:This paper criticizes one of the premises of Schellenberg’s 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 Schellenberg’s 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, Schellenberg’s argument still doesn’t work.
Comprende:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v6i2.180