The Problem of Hell: A Philosophical Anthology. Edited by Joel Buenting
It might be thought that as hell is either just (in which case it is not evil) or unjust (in which case a just God will not have created it) it affords no particular problem to the theist. Naturally, things are not that simple. If hell is in fact just, why is this so? Does the traditional picture of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 425-427 |
| Review of: | The problem of hell (Farnham [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2010) (Sturch, Richard)
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| Summary: | It might be thought that as hell is either just (in which case it is not evil) or unjust (in which case a just God will not have created it) it affords no particular problem to the theist. Naturally, things are not that simple. If hell is in fact just, why is this so? Does the traditional picture of hell require modification if the justice of hell is to be defended? On the other hand, if hell would not be just, what idea should replace it? Universal salvation? or the annihilation of the wicked? or a hell from which it is possible to escape by repentance? The contributors to this extremely interesting volume set out to answer these and related questions, and come up with some very different answers. All, incidentally, work in the United States, except the editor, who is Canadian. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq173 |