Divine Hiddenness
Subtitle: New Essays
Contributors: Daniel Howard-Snyder (Editor); Paul Moser (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521006101
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Philosophy of religion; Philosophy; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; General; Philosophy / General; Religion--Philosophy; Hidden God; Religion
First sentence: What indeed? One possibility is that the words 'the problem of the hiddenness of God' are simply another name for the problem of evil: The world is full of terrible things and we observe no response from God when these terrible things happen - the heavens do not rain fire on the Nazis, the raging flood does not turn aside just before it sweeps away the peaceful village, the paralyzed child remains paralyzed.