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Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason

"Tightly argued, superbly crafted and religiously sensitive...the book is 
a treasure trove.... Nowhere is there a comparable systematic, 
rigorous, intricate, rich, and sensitive examination of a plethora of such 
reasons [for divine hiddenness]. We are in Schellenberg's debt for 
gathering these things together in such an admirable fashion."
                                                -- Daniel Howard-Snyder, Mind

"The "divine hiddenness" argument is a philosophically interesting 
innovation in  a debate that has raged for millennia. Innovation in 
philosophy, especially an interesting innovation, is not an easy task, 
but Professor Schellenberg has  accomplished it."
                                      -- Jeffrey J. Jordan, University of Delaware

Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion

"Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion is loaded with acute and 
ingenious argumentation...a work of great originality...indispensable 
reading for everyone engaged, at whatever level, in the philosophy 
of religion."
                                                            -- William P. Alston

"This book focuses attention on much neglected topics, and it is fair,
balanced, and highly original in its treatment of those topics. This 
reader will find himself turning again and again to this volume for its 
deep insights into the nature of belief, of the religious life, and 
(most notably, perhaps) of faith." 
        -- Wes Morriston, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

The Wisdom to Doubt: 
A Justification of Religious Skepticism

"The Wisdom to Doubt is full of important arguments, almost all of which
are highly original, and its pages sparkle with philosophical good sense. Much of what Schellenberg says in defense of religious skepticism is obvious, but for a variety of historical and cultural reasons, it is obvious
only after he says it. This makes the book particularly powerful and potentially very influential. It is, in short, philosophy of religion at its very best."
        -- Paul Draper, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"[Schellenberg's] may well be the best presentation of the problem of evil as reason to reject theism that we have; certainly it is one of the very best. There is a complex, densely developed overall view here.... Right or wrong, it is first class philosophy of religion."
                                                        -- Keith Yandell, Mind

​The Will to Imagine: 
A Justification of Skeptical Religion

"J. L. Schellenberg is one of the most innovative philosophers of
religion today. The Will to Imagine is rich with vigorous, challenging 
arguments on the limits of reason, skepticism, the nature of religious
faith, belief, and the imagination, and a sustained, original defense 
of a combination of skepticism and religious faith."
                                    -- Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College

"The creation of skeptical religion is the most significant contribution 
of philosophical thinking to religious life in our generation, and it is a 
privilege to be present at its inception."
                      -- Terence Penelhum, Religious Studies 

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​Evolutionary Religion

"John Schellenberg offers a new and intriguing perspective on religion, one that takes the evolutionary timescale seriously. He opens up new possibilities for fruitful discussion between enlightened religious believers and secular humanists."
                                    -- Philip Kitcher, Columbia University

"With his customary clarity, wit and imagination, Schellenberg invites us to re-imagine religion's future possibilities and power within the realm of cultural evolution. This book cuts right through the tired contemporary stand-offs between church and secular science."
                      -- Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge 

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​The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy's
​New Challenge to Belief in God

"A powerful and yet simple statement of one of the most powerful and yet simple arguments for atheism that has been developed in recent years."
                                    -- T. J. Mawson, Oxford University

"Of all the arguments for and against God's existence (and I've heard them all) this is the most powerful I have encountered in support of the atheist position. A tour de force. ."
                      -- Michael Shermer, publisher Skeptic magazine 

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Progressive Atheism: How Moral Evolution
​Changes the God Debate

"One of the clearest and most fair-minded thinkers of our time."
  -- Egan Wynne and Justin McBrayer, International Journal for     Philosophy of Religion

"“Atheism, we’ll say, for all we know may come at the beginning of religion rather than the end” (173). That is not the kind of quote you’d expect to find in a typical book defending an atheistic perspective. But then again, J.L. Schellenberg did not write a typical atheistic book. Progressive Atheism is a manifesto of innovative and iconoclastic atheist thought."
            -- Randal Rauser, Taylor Seminary  
 

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Religion After Science: The Cultural
Consequences of Religious Immaturity

"Schellenberg is a prophet unlike any that have come before. In this highly original book, he demonstrates how the simple idea that deep time extends into the future, as well as the past, has startling consequences for today's religious debates, with the capacity to transform all our certainties and doubts alike."
                                    -- Mark Harris, University of Edinburgh

"Schellenberg places religion and natural science in conversation with one another in a way that incites wonder about our place in the world.... one of the most creative rationales for re-examining religion that I have encountered."
                  -- Sabrina Little, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 

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​Monotheism and the Rise of Science

"His discussion of the science-and-religion debate in the first half of the book kept clear of the well-trodden (and by now getting pretty tedious) ruts in this area, and instead looked in a more penetrating way at the societal and existential aspects of the debate. This was much more on the money, I felt, than what is usually said in introductory accounts of this area."
                                    -- Anonymous reviewer

"I think this is an extraordinary project for Schellenberg to undertake. This is far more adventuresome than most analytical philosophers would tackle. Not only do I find it interesting, I think it a culturally important exercise to carry through."
                      -- Anonymous reviewer