Rethinking hell: readings in evangelical conditionalism
by Anderson, Joshua W. Date, Christopher M. Stump, Gregory G.
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 vi…
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- Full title :Rethinking hell : readings in evangelical conditionalism / edited by Christopher M. Date, Gregory G. Stump, and Joshua W. Anderson.
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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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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cascade Books
- Place of Publication:Eugene, Oregon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxix, 337 pages) : : illustration
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781630871604, 1630871605
- oclc:ocn890147097
- LC Classification:BT921.3
- Dewey Decimal:236.23
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