In this paper I argue that J. L. Schellenberg’s Divine Hiddenness Argument is committed to a problematic implication that is weakened by research in cognitive psychology on affective forecasting. Schellenberg’s notion of a nonresistant nonbeliever logically implies that for any such person, it is true that she would form the proper belief in God if provided with what he calls “probabilifying” e...

Despite the rise of the secular state, religion remains a significant force in society. Within Christianity this encompasses a wide variety of beliefs. These range from simple assertions of theism in a cultural context to complex theologies; from liberal emphases on uncertainty and exploration to dogmatic views of divine revelation. How one 'does' good medical ethics depends on these perspectiv...

Abstract In middle to late Byzantium, one finds dogmatic‐style sceptical arguments employed against human reason in relation divine revelation, where revelation becomes the sole criterion of certain truth contrast reason. This argumentative strategy originates early Christian authors, especially Clement Alexandria (c. 150–215 CE) and Gregory Nazianzen 329–390 CE), who maintain that is only doma...

The concept that “fullness” is to be found in Jesus Christ has been invoked to support the uniqueness of Jesus, including in the context of world religions. Yet the metaphorical sense of fullness is amenable to a variety of interpretations. Is this uniqueness the logical consequence of Christian faith, or an over-reliance on what amounts to a spatial metaphor? Are the uniqueness and primacy of ...

many verses in the holy quran prove that there is a certain kind of knowledge that can be obtained through the practice of religious laws (sharia) and the way to doctrine (tarighat), progress  and conduct towards the most holy god and attention to the sacred universe. this knowledge is that intuitive knowledge which stands beside the other cognitive resources as a way of understanding. but like...

This article addresses one specific aspect of the synodal vision Church which is currently discussed in Catholic Church. consists a that still learning who to be and how be. Using construct community practice, adopted from field sociology (Etienne Wenger), I analyse Church, preferring theology local open new learning. As demonstrate article, such an understanding contains within it rich heurist...

every one of the scholars in theology, philosophy and mysticism has their own methodologies for explaining and proving the necessity for the existence of the perfect man. theologians have applied the ‘rule of grace’ in this regard. philosophers tend to prove the existence of the perfect man by means of ‘the holy capability of the acquired intellect (aql al-mustafad)’ as well as ‘divine wisdom’....