International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Dec., 2008), pp. 155-160 (6 pages) Many philosophers have contended that (traditional) theism or supernaturalism suffers from what can ...

In every tradition that contemplates the mysteries of existence, there is a tension between what is manifest and what is concealed, between what can be known and what remains elusive. Jewish thought ...

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 82, No. 3 (December 2017), pp. 337-348 (12 pages) We argue there is a deep conflict in Paul Moser’s work on divine hiddenness (DH). Moser’s ...

Growing up, I somehow missed the richness of the holy days preceding Easter. Perhaps with Grandma's house in Bismarck in our sights, our spring-break travel plans demanded all our attention. My sister ...

Meeting God in the mystery of grief. Midnight, it is said, is the portal between this world and the next and is somehow in league with chaos, death, and mystery. It is the moment of dark visitations.

According to our Sages, Purim signifies a significant change in the attitude of the Jewish people towards how we encounter God. This shift is analogous to changes in our own time. In the First Temple ...

Nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickenson may sound like she’s skimping on obedience to God, but she gets to the heart of how we can grow closer to God. “Consider the lilies” is part of a long ...

“Adoro te devote, latens Deitas.” So starts that famous Eucharistic hymn composed by St. Thomas Aquinas. It means, “Hidden here before me, Lord, I worship you.” And it continues, “Quae sub his figuris ...

When I read that songwriter Michael Gungor told his wife, Lisa, “I don’t believe in God anymore,” I experienced a familiar feeling in the pit of my stomach. It was the same one I’d had a couple of ...