J. L. Schellenberg is a Canadian philosopher renowned for his contributions to the philosophy of religion. His early development of an argument from divine hiddenness for atheism proved influential. Through a subsequent series of books, he has formulated a concept termed 'skeptical religion,' which he posits as compatible with atheism. Schellenberg's work critically examines the relationship between belief and doubt.
Where other works treat religious skepticism as a dead end, The Will to Imagine argues that skepticism is the only point from which a proper beginning in religious inquiry-and in religion itself-can be made.
Why, if a loving God exists, are there reasonable nonbelievers, people who fail to believe in God but through no fault of their own? In Part 1 of this book, the first full-length treatment of its topic, J. L. Schellenberg argues that when we notice...