The Argument from Divine Hiddenness and Christian Love

Jeff Jordan

doi:10.18290/rf21693-6

Jeff Jordan University of Delaware, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3701-9966

Keywords: divine hiddenness, divine love, perfect love, maximality model

Abstract

In the paper it is argued that the conceptual resources of Christianity topple the hiddenness argument. According to the author, the variability of the divine love cast doubt on the soundness of Schellenberg’s reasoning. If we understood a perfect love as a maximal and equal concern and identification with all and for all, then a divine love would entail divine impartiality, but because of conflicts of interest between human beings the perfect, divine love cannot be maximal.

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