Belief, Resistance, and Grace: Stump on Divine Hiddenness
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چکیده
Arguments from divine hiddenness attempt to show that God, as understood by traditional Christianity, does not exist.Eleonore Stump has argued that, contrary a key premise in such arguments, it is possible for God have personal relationship with human beings who do believe he exists. I describe Stump’s account of the will and its connection her explanation hiddenness. Specifically, knowledge persons cannot solve problem also argue commits claim lacking belief God’s existence entails resistance grace.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1689-8311']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2021.3227