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Thinking through the problem of hell : the divine presence model /

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"The Christian tradition teaches that some people will suffer eternally in hell. But why? Doesn't an all-powerful God have the ability to prevent this from happening to anyone? Wouldn't a perfectly good and loving God want to prevent it? And doesn't the traditional teaching about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manis, R. Zachary (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2024.
Subjects:
Hell > Christianity.
Sin > Christianity.
God > Love.
Theodicy.
Hidden God.
Self-deception > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Eschatology.
Dieu > Amour.
Théodicée.
Dieu caché.
Déception de soi > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Péché > Christianisme.
Table of Contents:
  • What is the problem of Hell?. Introduction to the problem
  • The problem of justice
  • The problem of love
  • The problem of coercion
  • How (not) to solve the problem of Hell. The Calvinist appeal to divine sovereignty
  • The problem of faith for Calvinists
  • More misguided solutions to the problem of Hell
  • A final misguided approach-and the way forward
  • The divine presence model of Hell. Heaven and hell on the divine presence model
  • The presence of God as truth and life
  • Soul-making and self-deception. The problem of good and evil and the soul-making theodicy
  • Developing a natural consequence model of hell
  • Answering the universalist's objection, part I
  • Answering the universalist's objection, part II
  • Divine hiddenness and divine disclosure. The interconnected problems of divine hiddenness and hell
  • The usual explanations of divine hiddenness-and their inadequacy
  • Hiddenness on the divine presence model
  • The biblical case for the divine presence model. The first and second unveilings
  • The third unveling (judgment of transparency)
  • Apocalyptic visions.