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Divine Hiddenness and Christian Theism: A Biblical Theodicy

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023
This article offers a Christian response to J.L. Schellenberg’s argument for atheism from divine hiddenness. Utilizing the unique theological features of the Christian tradition, I aim to show that Schellenberg’s argument does not undermine belief in ...
Price Randall J.
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SKETCH FOR A FORMAL NATURAL THEOLOGY: EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF GOD

Manuscrito, 2021
In this paper, I present a proposal for a Formal Natural Theology. The approach employed for this task is through a first-order theory, in which fundamental concepts such as divine, necessary, and supreme beings, are formally introduced, which allow ...
FÁBIO M. BERTATO
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Simulation Hypothesis and Theism: An Assessment in the Context of Multiverse

Eskiyeni, 2023
Today, when plots, buildings and items in virtual universes are put up for sale, the question of whether the universes inhabited by real individuals can be produced is being debated.
Aykut Alper Yılmaz
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Classical Theism in John Wesley\u27s Sermons [PDF]

, 2023
This article examines John Wesley’s sermons in order to assess whether his doctrine of God may best be classified in terms of strict classical theism or modified classical theism.
Gayoba, Francis
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A Critical Understanding of Thomas Jay Oord’s Kenotic Theism versus Classical Theism- Two Fundamentally Different Concepts of God [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
This article argues that the theological framework proposed by Thomas Jay Oord, particularly his concepts of "uncontrolling love" and a kenotic, risk-taking God, is not a mere reinterpretation or development of classical theism but represents a ...
Prof Dr Godfrey Harold
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Post-theïsme of een andere vorm van theïsme?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article examines whether classical theism is at its complete end. In light of current discussions about post-theism in a post-secular age, the question is about the possible search for a new understanding of the idea of God which is compatible with ...
Gijsbert D.J. Dingemans
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Skeptical Theism, Pro-Theism, and Anti-Theism [PDF]

, 2020
In this chapter, I consider personal and impersonal anti-theism and personal and impersonal pro-theism. I show that skeptical theism undermines arguments for personal anti-theism and impersonal anti-theism. Next, I show that (at least some) arguments for
Hendricks, Perry, Perry Hendricks
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Chapter 2 Does the God of Classical Theism Exist?

, 2023
The God of classical theism can be characterized by four features: uncausedness, atemporality, pure actuality, and the identity of divine essence and existence.
Koons, Robert C.
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On the Significance of Assumptions about Divine Goodness and Divine Ontology for ‘Logical’ Arguments from Evil

Religions, 2021
Sterba’s Is a Good God Logically Possible? (2019) draws attention to the importance of ethical assumptions in ‘logical’ arguments from evil (LAfEs) to the effect that the existence of (certain types) of evil is incompatible with the existence of a God ...
John Bishop
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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