The problem of hell / Jonathan L. Kvanvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kvanvig, Jonathan L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hell--Christianity--Controversial literature.

Hell.

Hell--Christianity.

Controversial literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 182 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Contents:

1. The Strong View of Hell 25

The Moral Objection to the Equal Punishment Version of the Strong View 27

The Arbitrariness Problem 55

Other Versions of the Strong View 60

2. Simple Alternatives to the Strong View 67

On Abandoning the Existence Thesis 68

On Abandoning the No Escape Thesis 71

On Abandoning the Anti-Universalism Thesis 73

On Abandoning the Retribution Thesis 97

3. The Issuant Conception of Hell 107

The Nature of God 112

The God of Love and the Nature of Hell 119

4. Freedom, Existence, and the Nature of Hell 135

Incarceration 138

Suicide and the Argument from Rational Suicide 139

Mechanical and Teleological Conceptions of Hell 148

The Composite View and Theological Constraints 151

5. A Global Perspective on the Problem of Hell 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019508487X

OCLC:

27187431