Second thoughts about hell : understanding what we believe / Ronald J. Allen, Robert D. Cornwall.
| Author/creator | Allen, Ronald J., 1949- author. |
| Other author | Cornwall, Robert D., 1958- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | viii, 192 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part one: Voices on hell from the world of the Bible. Voices from the Old Testament -- Voices from early Judaism -- Voices from the New Testament -- Part two: Voices on hell from the history of the church. Voices from the second century CE to the Reformation -- Voices from the Reformation to the twentieth century -- Part three: Voices nuancing the discussion about hell. Voices from the Roman Catholic Church -- Voices from the modern worldview: Bultmann and Tillich -- Voices reclaiming revelation: Barth, Brunner, and the postliberals -- Voices of eschatological theologians: Käsemann, Moltmann, and Pannenberg -- Voices from liberation theology -- Voices from open and religious theologies -- Part four: Voices summarizing three main views of hell today. Voices on a literal Hell that continues forever -- Voices on annihilationism: an alternative to continuous punishment in fire -- Voices on universal salvation -- Afterword. What does Ron believe? -- What does Bob believe? -- Study guide. Session one: Introductory matters and voices form teh Bible -- Session two: Voices in the Christian tradition -- Session three: Roman Catholic voices -- Session four: Voices from the contemporary world -- Session five: Three viewpoints: eternal punishment, annihilationism (conditionalism), and universal salvation -- A final word. |
| Abstract | "Guides the reader through the historical interpretation of hell, beginning with the voices of the Hebrew Bible, extrabiblical, and New Testament texts and the voices of the early, medieval, Reformation, and modern church, pointing out the three main Christian views today-literalism, annihilationism, and universalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192). |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Allen, Ronald J. Second thoughts about hell First edition Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2024] 9781646984343 |
| LCCN | 2025027962 |
| ISBN | 9780664269067 |
| ISBN | 0664269060 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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