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J.L. Schellenberg

The Ways of the Progressive Philosopher: A Conversation with J.L. Schellenberg

September 16, 2020 by Randal

Canadian philosopher John L. Schellenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Saint Vincent University. He is widely lauded as one of the leading atheist philosophers working in the philosophy of religion. In the early 1990s, Schellenberg developed the widely discussed problem of hiddenness which has elicited extensive discussion among philosophers. He is the author of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, interview, J.L. Schellenberg, philosophy, philosophy of religion

Religion After God: A Review of Progressive Atheism

July 3, 2020 by Randal

J.L. Schellenberg. Progressive Atheism: How Moral Evolution Changes the God Debate. Bloomsbury, 2019.  “Atheism, we’ll say, for all we know may come at the beginning of religion rather than the end.” (173) That is not the kind of quote you’d expect to find in a typical book defending an atheistic perspective. But then again, J.L. Schellenberg did not […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, J.L. Schellenberg, naturalism, Progressive Atheism

The Hiddenness of God: Thoughts on the Giunta-Schieber Debate

February 27, 2017 by Randal

The most recent episode of “Unbelievable” features a very fruitful exchange between Justin Schieber and Christian apologist Blake Giunta on the hiddenness of God. Schieber defends the hiddenness argument from J.L. Schellenberg. (See my review of Schellenberg’s recent book here and his reply here. And just for the heck of it see his endorsement of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, argument from divine hiddenness, atheism, Blake Giunta, divine hiddenness, J.L. Schellenberg, Justin Schieber, problem of evil

The Hiddenness Argument Revealed: A Review

August 7, 2016 by Randal

J.L. Schellenberg, The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy’s New Challenge to Belief in God (Oxford University Press, 2015). The writer of Ecclesiastes famously opined, “There is nothing new under the sun.” It’s a sentiment that might seem at times to characterize the field of philosophy of religion. To be sure, there are new advances, but new arguments for or […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, argument from divine hiddenness, atheism, divine hiddenness, J.L. Schellenberg, philosophy of religion, problem of evil, review, theism

Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The J.L. Schellenberg Endorsement

June 2, 2015 by Randal

When I wrote Is the Atheist My Neighbor? I had a very short endorser wish-list. That list consisted of folks who were leaders in their professions and exemplars of the kind of irenic dialogue between atheist and Christian that was the book’s reason for being. Neither Richard Dawkins nor Ray Comfort made the list. One of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, dialogue, endorsement, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, J.L. Schellenberg

7. The 59-Second Apologist: The Argument from Divine Hiddenness

December 8, 2014 by Randal

The Argument from Divine Hiddenness, first developed by philosopher J.L. Schellenberg, seeks to argue that God doesn’t exist based on the existence of reasonable non-belief. In this episode of the 59-Second Apologist Randal offers a quick summary of the argument along with two replies. Click here to read J.L. Schellenberg’s forthcoming paper “Divine Hiddenness and Human […]

Filed Under: Podcast-59 Second Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, divine hiddenness, J.L. Schellenberg, problem of evil, theodicy

Can there be reasonable nonbelief if God exists?

June 12, 2013 by Randal

In the discussion thread to “Why they don’t believe: Jeffery Jay Lowder“, Bryan asked me to provide my critique of Schellenberg’s argument from God or Godless. I replied first by presenting Schellenberg’s argument as it was quoted by John Loftus: (1) If there is a God, he is perfectly loving. (2) If a perfectly loving God […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, divine hiddenness, God, J.L. Schellenberg, problem of evil, theodicy

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