Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination by J. P. F. Wynne

The axiological question in the philosophy of religion is the question of what impact, if any, God’s existence does (or would) make to the axiological value of our world. It has recently been argued that we should prefer a theistic world where God is hidden to an atheistic world or a theistic world where God isn’t hidden. This is because in a hidden theistic world all of the theistic goods obtain in addition to the experience of atheistic goods. I complete this line of argument by showing that theistic goods do (or could) indeed obtain in a world where God hides. In doing so I indirectly argue against proponents of divine hiddenness arguments such as J.L. Schellenberg. The correct answer to the axiological question turns out to be a solution to the problem of divine hiddenness.

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Paul M. Gould. Beyond the Control of God: Six Views on the Problem of God and Abstract Objects (Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion). Bloomsbury, 2014.

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion ◽

10.24204/ejpr.v8i1.80 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 256-260

Author(s):

Tyler Dalton McNabb

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Abstract Objects

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Inverse Correlation: Comparative Philosophy in an Upside Down World

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion ◽

10.24204/ejpr.v8i1.71 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 79-116

Author(s):

Mark T. Unno

Keyword(s):

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Inverse Correlation ◽

Contemporary Philosophy ◽

Religious Worldview ◽

Human Limitation ◽

Final Work

Kitarō Nishida introduces the concept of “inverse correlation” (Jp. gyakutaiō 逆対応) in his final work, The Logic of Place and the Religious Worldview, which he uses to illuminate the relation between finite and infinite, human and divine/buddha, such that the greater the realization of human limitation and finitude, the greater that of the limitless, infinite divine or buddhahood. This essay explores the applicability of the logic and rhetoric of inverse correlation in the cases of the early Daoist Zhuangzi, medieval Japanese Buddhist Shinran, and modern Protestant Christian Kierkegaard, as well as broader ramifications for contemporary philosophy of religion.

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Religion and Critical Theory in Max Horkheimer

E-Theologos Theological revue of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty ◽

10.2478/v10154-011-0011-4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 114-122

Author(s):

Manoel de Moraes

Keyword(s):

Critical Theory ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Max Horkheimer

Religion and Critical Theory in Max Horkheimer This paper is an effort to focus some aspects about a Philosophy of Religion inside Critic Theory, especially in the thought of Max Horkheimer.

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