J. L. Schellenberg je kanadský filozof, ktorého skorý vývoj argumentu z Božieho skrytosti pre ateizmus bol vplyvný. Vo svojej neskoršej práci rozvinul formu náboženstva nazvanú „skeptické náboženstvo“, ktorú považuje za zlučiteľnú s ateizmom. Jeho práca sa zaoberá hlbokými otázkami viery, pochybností a podstaty Boha.
In this book, J. L. Schellenberg argues that humanity has developed spiritually and morally in a way that would have been reflected in Christian doctrine if that doctrine had been inspired by a good and all-knowing God, and that Christian doctrine cannot therefore be related to such a God in the way that it purports to be.
Schellenberg's argument is unique in bringing developmental ideas into contact with human religion, which is often treated as exempt from their influence; also radical is the suggestion that much of religion's development has yet to occur and that religion can and should become a human project as monumental as science.