Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael C Rea

Does God being hidden disprove his existence? And why does God not fully reveal Himself to us? Today we are hoping to answer these questions by discussing a book by Dr. Michael C. Rea titled The Hiddenness of God. "Question the beauty of Earth, question the beauty of the sea, question the beauty of air dissenting and diffusing itself, question the beauty of the sky. Question all these realities. All will respond, 'See we are beautiful.' These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?" St. Augustine Sermon 241.Support the show

Does God being hidden disprove his existence? And why does God not fully reveal Himself to us? Today we are hoping to answer these questions by discussing a book by Dr. Michael C. Rea titled The Hiddenness of God. Support the show

Dr. Michael C. Rea joins us to affirm the existence of God in light of the problem of divine hiddenness. In this episode, he recaps his main case and then provides further insights to make the case more palatable and meaningful. His full-length book on the subject should be of interested to anyone defending God's existence. The Classical Theism Podcast aims to defend Catholic Christian ideas in conversation. With the help of various guests, I defend three pillars of the Catholic Christian worldview: (1) the God of classical theism exists, (2) Jesus is our Messiah and Lord, and (3) He founded the Catholic Church. We place a strong emphasis on the first pillar, defending classical theism, drawing upon the work of Thomistic philosopher Dr. Edward Feser and many others.   John DeRosa www.classicaltheism.com/support

This is episode 12 of the Logos Institute Podcast, the official podcast of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews. In this second installment of a three-part interview, we (Stephanie Nicole Nordby & Jonathan Rutledge) dialogue with Professors Oliver D. Crisp & Michael C. Rea about the problem of divine hiddenness. This includes thinking a bit about the notions of divine transcendence, divine love, and their relationship to scriptures (e.g. Job and Lamentations). Here are a few time-stamps to help you navigate: 0:28 - What is the problem of divine hiddenness (DH)? 2:57 - Does thinking of God as a heavenly parent help? 3:10 - Non-resistant non-belief and contemporary philosophical discussions of DH? 5:38 - What's the relationship between DH and the problem of divine silence? 6:58 - What are some of the standard responses to DH? 9:46 - Professor Rea's preferred solution to DH 13:13 - Is there an aspect of skeptical theism involved in this solution? 15:46 - Scripture in Rea's response: Job and Lamentations depicting a God to contend with If you've enjoyed listening to this interview, please see other content from our guests: Oliver D. Crisp 1. Oliver's Website - https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/oliver-crisp/ 2. Analytic Theology @ Fuller - http://analytictheology.fuller.edu/ Michael C. Rea 1. Mike's Website - https://www.michaelrea.org/ 2. Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion - http://philreligion.nd.edu/ To learn more about the Logos Institute, visit our webpage @ http://logos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. And don't forget to follow us on our blog where we post content from friends of the institute @ http://blogos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter (@TheologyStAs).

The conversation continues, as we get into to the specifics of Dr. Hasker's "social" Trinity theory. Dr. Hasker answers many questions, including: How is it that these three divine selves are one God, and not three? What is "perichoresis"? What does it mean to say that their actions respecting the cosmos are "undivided"? What role does the contemporary metaphysical concept of "constitution" play in the theory? Can a trinitarian convince a Jewish or Muslim theologian that the Trinity really is self-consistently monotheistic? In the New Testament, isn't the one God the Father, rather than the Trinity? You can also listen to this episode on youtube. Some links for this episode: Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God Bill Hasker's home page at Huntington University. The Brower-Rea Constitution approach to the Trinity. (And my critique.) Christian metaphysician Lynne Rudder Baker - much of her work has concerned the constitution relation. A published paper where I urge monotheism objections against Hasker's pre-book articles. (And Hasker's reply. And some similar objections by Michael C. Rea.)