Hell: The Mystery of Eternal Love and Eternal Obduracy

The author helps redress the absence of serious theological thinking on the biblical and church doctrine of hell and indirectly contradicts current mythological caricatures. He first evaluates diverse views from history up through the twentieth century. He then argues that an orthodox contemporary t...

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Главный автор: Egan, Harvey D. 1937- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2014
В: Theological studies
Год: 2014, Том: 75, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 52-73
Другие ключевые слова:B Annihilation
B Apocatastasis
B salvation optimism
B freedom (human)
B Purgatory
B salvation pessimism
B wrath (God’s)
B limbo
B Sheol
B Hell
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Итог:The author helps redress the absence of serious theological thinking on the biblical and church doctrine of hell and indirectly contradicts current mythological caricatures. He first evaluates diverse views from history up through the twentieth century. He then argues that an orthodox contemporary theology could understand hell as the eternally loving presence of God, Christ, angels, saints, animals, vegetation, and material creation to the damned, the eternally obdurate, whose obstinate use of their freedom has rendered them incapable of receiving and responding to this loving presence.
ISSN:2169-1304
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040563913519034