RT Article
T1 On the Axiology of a Hidden God
JF European journal for philosophy of religion
VO 10
IS 4
SP 79
OP 95
A1 Lougheed, Kirk
LA English
PB University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1662937008
AB The axiological question in the philosophy of religion is the question of what impact, if any, God's existence does (or would) make to the axiological value of our world. It has recently been argued that we should prefer a theistic world where God is hidden to an atheistic world or a theistic world where God isn't hidden. This is because in a hidden theistic world all of the theistic goods obtain in addition to the experience of atheistic goods. I complete this line of argument by showing that theistic goods do (or could) indeed obtain in a world where God hides. In doing so I indirectly argue against proponents of divine hiddenness arguments such as J.L. Schellenberg. The correct answer to the axiological question turns out to be a solution to the problem of divine hiddenness.
K1 axiology of theology
K1 Divine Hiddenness
K1 pro-theism
DO 10.24204/ejpr.v10i4.2521