The tenth Philosophers' Carnival is up at E.G.
Recently, I have been thinking about a number of issues in the philosophy of religion in relation to what John Hick has called the problem of 'religious ambiguity'. According to this thesis, roughly, our world is capable of being interpreted, coherently and rationally, from either a theistic or atheistic perspective. Hick devotes an entire section of his book "An Interpretation of Religion" to making a case for the thesis of religious ambiguity. Terence Penelhum, too, has proffered a number of considerations in favour of this thesis in his book "Reason and Religious Faith". We can also add Stephen T. Davis, Paul Draper, and J.L. Schellenberg, among others, to the list of those who accept some version of ambiguity thesis. I myself devoted the entirety of my MA thesis in the philosophy of religion, which I finished last year, to a defense of this thesis.
The next Philosophers' Carnival is coming up on Monday, so it would be good to submit entries soon to give the host time to put them together.
For some time I have been meaning to plug Ars Disputandi, which is an online journal for philosophy of religion. The release of the second volume of the Supplement Series gives me a good excuse. The Ars Disputandi publishes refereed articles, literature surveys and discussion notes, as well as book reviews and bibliographies. It does not appear in issues like those slower print journals; papers that are accepted are promptly published online. Editor Maarten Wisse ( University of Heidelberg, Germany) is a free with the review books, and is usually available online for a nice chat.
The Editors of Ars Disputandi: The Online Journal for Philosophy of Religion, are pleased to announce that the second volume has been added to the Ars Disputandi Supplement Series:Markus Mühling & Martin Wendte (Hgg.),
Entzogenheit in Gott. Beiträge zur Rede von der Verborgenheit der TrinitätEntzogenheit in Gott is a collection of essays written in celebration of the 50th birthday of Christoph Schwöbel, Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Institute for Hermeneutics and Cultural Dialogue at the University of Tübingen (Germany). Professor Schwöbel has been one of the leading proponents of the so-called ‘Trinitarian Renaissance’ in contemporary systematic theology.
One of the leading issues in contemporary trinitarian theology has been Rahner's statement: ‘the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity and the other way round’. The contributors to this volume ask whether God’s being intimately related to salvation history does not in some way or another imply or require God’s hiddenness (Entzogenheit). In doing so, the contributors build upon a variety of resources such as Luther, Hua-yen Buddhismus, Augustine, Levinas, Tillich, Schelling, and Gunton. Among the contributors are various pupils and friends of Prof Schwöbel, including Robert W. Jenson (Princeton University), and Pan-chiu Lai (Hong Kong University).
Availability
Printed versions of Entzogenheit in Gott can be ordered from http://adss.library.uu.nl or downloaded at no cost from the same website. Price of the printed version: € 26.80, shipping included; viii + 206 pp., ISBN: 90-6701-010-3.
The Editors
PD Dr Markus Mühling is a Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg and former assistant of Prof Schwöbel. Martin Wendte MA is currently assistant of Prof Schwöbel at the Institute of Hermeneutics and Cultural Dialogue of the University of Tübingen.
The ninth Philosophers' Carnival is now up at Studi Galileiani. For the first time ever, I believe, there are no entries from Ektopos blogs. We're slacking off again.
Sunday will be the ninth Philosophers' Carnival, so if you know any posts that would be good to submit, you should do so in the next few days.
