Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism
Christopher Date · Gregory Stump · Joshua Anderson
Apr 2014 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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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.
Peter S. Grice - Igniting an Evangelical Conversation
Glenn A. Peoples - Introduction to Evangelical Conditionalism
Edward W. Fudge - The Final End of the Wicked
Stephen H. Travis - The Nature of Final Destiny
John R. W. Stott - Judgment and Hell
Clark H. Pinnock - The Destruction of the Finally Impenitent
John W. Wenham - The Case for Conditional Immortality
Basil F. C. Atkinson - The Doom of the Lost
E. Earle Ellis - New Testament Teaching on Hell
Ralph G. Bowles - Does Revelation 14:11 Teach Eternal Torment?
Harold E. Guillebaud - The General Trend of Bible Teaching
Anthony C. Thiselton - Claims about "Hell" and Wrath
Philip E. Hughes - Is the Soul Immortal?
Henry Constable - Divine Justice
Christopher D. Marshall - Divine and Human Punishment in the New Testament
Nigel G. Wright - A Kinder, Gentler Damnation?
Richard G. Swinburne - The Future of the Totally Corrupt
Kim G. Papaioannou - The Development of Gehenna Between the Old and New Testaments
LeRoy E. Froom - Conditionalism in the Early Church
Evangelical Alliance - Hell and Evangelical Unity
Roger E. Olson - Diverse Christian Beliefs About Life Beyond Death
Ben Witherington III - Equally Orthodox Christians
Peter S. Grice - Igniting an Evangelical Conversation
Glenn A. Peoples - Introduction to Evangelical Conditionalism
Edward W. Fudge - The Final End of the Wicked
Stephen H. Travis - The Nature of Final Destiny
John R. W. Stott - Judgment and Hell
Clark H. Pinnock - The Destruction of the Finally Impenitent
John W. Wenham - The Case for Conditional Immortality
Basil F. C. Atkinson - The Doom of the Lost
E. Earle Ellis - New Testament Teaching on Hell
Ralph G. Bowles - Does Revelation 14:11 Teach Eternal Torment?
Harold E. Guillebaud - The General Trend of Bible Teaching
Anthony C. Thiselton - Claims about "Hell" and Wrath
Philip E. Hughes - Is the Soul Immortal?
Henry Constable - Divine Justice
Christopher D. Marshall - Divine and Human Punishment in the New Testament
Nigel G. Wright - A Kinder, Gentler Damnation?
Richard G. Swinburne - The Future of the Totally Corrupt
Kim G. Papaioannou - The Development of Gehenna Between the Old and New Testaments
LeRoy E. Froom - Conditionalism in the Early Church
Evangelical Alliance - Hell and Evangelical Unity
Roger E. Olson - Diverse Christian Beliefs About Life Beyond Death
Ben Witherington III - Equally Orthodox Christians
About the author
Christopher M. Date is the principal blogger and podcaster of the Rethinking Hell project and works as a software engineer in the Pacific Northwest. Gregory G. Stump is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary and serves as a pastor at a Baptist church in Southern California. Joshua W. Anderson earned an MA in Philosophy from Talbot School of Theology and an MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary; he teaches apologetics and theology at Ecclesia College in Springdale, Arkansas.
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