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Divine hiddenness and human sin: The noetic efffect of Sin

Azadegan, E ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1163/15697312-12341274
  3. Publisher: 2013
  4. Abstract:
  5. This paper examines the relationship between human sin and divine hiddenness, drawing on views that are widely acknowledged within the Reformed tradition. It argues, f.irst, that according to these views there is no inculpable nonbelief, and thus, second, that a crucial premise in the atheistic argument from divine hiddenness is untenable. The overarching question here is: If there is a sensus divinitatis, is it possible to be an inculpable nonbeliever? To answer this question, the cognitive efffects of sin on our sensus divinitatis as a faculty of producing basic beliefs about God will be assessed. I conclude that the premise which many f.ind plausible-that there is inculpable nonbelief-is in fact controversial and dubious
  6. Keywords:
  7. Calvin ; Inculpable nonbelief ; Schellenberg ; Sensus divinitatis
  8. Source: Journal of Reformed Theology ; Volume 7, Issue 1 , 2013 , Pages 69-90 ; 18725163 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15697312-12341274