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Rethinking hell : readings in evangelical conditionalism / edited by Christopher M. Date, Gregory G. Stump, and Joshua W. Anderson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Eugene, OR Wipf and Stock Publishers 2014Description: xxix, 337 pages : illustration ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781625645982
  • 1625645988
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236.23 23
LOC classification:
  • BT921.3 .R48 2014
Contents:
Foreword / John G. Stackhouse Jr. -- part 1. Rethinking hell. -- Igniting an evangelical conversation / Peter S. Grice -- Introduction to evangelical conditionalism / Glenn A. Peoples -- part 2. Influential defenses of conditionalism. -- The final end of the wicked / Edward W. Fudge -- The nature of final destiny / Stephen H. Travis -- Judgment and hell / John R.W. Stott -- The destruction of the finally impenitent / Clark H. Pinnock -- The case for conditional immortality / John W. Wenham -- part 3. Biblical support for conditionalism. -- The doom of the lost / Basil F.C. Atkinson -- New Testament teaching on hell / E. Earle Ellis -- Does Revelation 14:11 teach eternal torment? / Ralph G. Bowles -- The general trend of Bible teaching / Harold E. Guillebaud -- Claims about "hell" and wrath / Anthony C. Thiselton -- part 4. Philosophical support for conditionalism. -- Is the soul immortal? / Philip E. Hughes -- Divine justice / Henry Constable -- Divine and human punishment in the New Testament / Christopher D. Marshall -- A kinder, gentler damnation? / Nigel G. Wright -- The future of the totally corrupt / Richard G. Swinburne -- part 5. Historical considerations. -- The development of Gehenna between the Old and New Testaments / Kim G. Papaioannou -- Conditionalism in the early church / LeRoy E. Froom -- part 6. Conditionalism and evangelicalism. -- Hell and evangelical unity / Evangelical Alliance -- Diverse Christian beliefs about life beyond death / Roger E. Olson -- Equally Orthodox Christians / Ben Witherington III.
Summary: Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death" -- an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earle Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell. - Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index.

Foreword / John G. Stackhouse Jr. -- part 1. Rethinking hell. -- Igniting an evangelical conversation / Peter S. Grice -- Introduction to evangelical conditionalism / Glenn A. Peoples -- part 2. Influential defenses of conditionalism. -- The final end of the wicked / Edward W. Fudge -- The nature of final destiny / Stephen H. Travis -- Judgment and hell / John R.W. Stott -- The destruction of the finally impenitent / Clark H. Pinnock -- The case for conditional immortality / John W. Wenham -- part 3. Biblical support for conditionalism. -- The doom of the lost / Basil F.C. Atkinson -- New Testament teaching on hell / E. Earle Ellis -- Does Revelation 14:11 teach eternal torment? / Ralph G. Bowles -- The general trend of Bible teaching / Harold E. Guillebaud -- Claims about "hell" and wrath / Anthony C. Thiselton -- part 4. Philosophical support for conditionalism. -- Is the soul immortal? / Philip E. Hughes -- Divine justice / Henry Constable -- Divine and human punishment in the New Testament / Christopher D. Marshall -- A kinder, gentler damnation? / Nigel G. Wright -- The future of the totally corrupt / Richard G. Swinburne -- part 5. Historical considerations. -- The development of Gehenna between the Old and New Testaments / Kim G. Papaioannou -- Conditionalism in the early church / LeRoy E. Froom -- part 6. Conditionalism and evangelicalism. -- Hell and evangelical unity / Evangelical Alliance -- Diverse Christian beliefs about life beyond death / Roger E. Olson -- Equally Orthodox Christians / Ben Witherington III.

Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death" -- an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earle Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell. - Publisher.

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