All Shall be Well

Explorations in Universal Salvation and Christian Theology, from Origen to Moltmann

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Universalism runs like a slender thread through the history of Christian theology. Over the centuries Christian universalism, in one form or another, has been reinvented time and time again. In this book an international team of scholars explore the diverse universalisms of Christian thinkers from the Origen to Moltmann. In the introduction Gregory MacDonald argues that theologies of universal salvation occupy a space between heresy and dogma. Therefore disagreements about whether all will be saved should not be thought of as debates between "the orthodox" and "heretics" but rather as "in-house" debates between Christians. The studies in this collection aim, in the first instance, to hear, understand, and explain the eschatological claims of a range of Christians from the third to the twenty-first centuries. They also offer some constructive, critical engagement with those claims.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-25
Mått229 x 163 x 25 mm
Vikt644 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor460
FörlagJames Clarke & Co Ltd
ISBN9780227680285

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List of Contributors1. Introduction: Between Heresy and Dogma -Gregory MacDonaldI. Third to Fifteenth Centuries2. Apokatastasis: Particularist Universalism in Origen (c.185-c.254) -Tom Greggs3. The Subjection of All Things in Christ: The Christocentric Universalism of Gregory of Nyssa (331/340-c.395) -Steve Harmon4. Sin Has Its Place, but All Shall Be Well: The Universalism of Hope in Julian of Norwich (c.1342-c.1416) -Robert SweetmanII. Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries5. Love Is All and God Is Love: Universalism in Peter Sterry (1613-1672) and Jeremiah White (1630-1707) -Louise Hickman6. Union with Christ: The Calvinist Universalism of James Relly (1722-1778) -Wayne K. Clymer7. Between Calvinism and Arminianism: The Evangelical Universalism of Elhanan Winchester (1751-1797) -Robin Parry8. Salvation-in-Community: The Tentative Universalism of Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) -Murray Rae9. Postmortem Education: Universal Salvation in Thomas Erskine (1788-1870) -Don Horrocks10. The Just Mercy of God: Universal Salvation in George MacDonald (1824-1905) -Thomas TalbottIII. Twentieth to Twenty-First Century11. The Final Sanity Is Complete Sanctity: Universal Holiness in the Soteriology of P. T. Forsyth (1848-1921) -Jason A. Goroncy12. The Judgment of Love: The Ontological Universalism of Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) -Paul Gavrilyuk13. I Do Teach It, but I also Do Not Teach It: The Universalism of Karl Barth (1886-1968) -Oliver D. Crisp14. The Totality of Condemnation Fell on Christ: Universal Salvation in Jaques Ellul (1912-1994) -Andrew Goddard15. In the End, God . . . : The Christian Universalism of J. A. T. Robinson (1919-1983) -Trevor Hart16. Christ's Descent into Hell: The Hopeful Universalism of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) -Edward T. Oakes, SJ17. Hell and the God of Love: Universalism in the Philosophy of John Hick (1922-) -Lindsey Hall18. The Annihilation of Hell and the Perfection of Freedom: Universal Salvation in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann (1926-) -Nik AnsellIndex

''This collection of essays, carefully edited by Gregory MacDonald/Robin Parry, presents various positions on the questions at issue, from Origen to Jürgen Moltmann. Perhaps its greatest strength is that the editor leaves the reader to assess the arguments for and against, giving a good historical overview in the introductory chapter, where universalism is characterized as (falling somewhere between heresy and dogma). [...] Gregory MacDonald/Robin Parry is evangelical about universal salvation, and this fine collection of essays is guaranteed to stimulate the on-going scholarly debate on the subject.Brown Neil, Australian Catholic University in: Journal of Religious History, Vol. 36 (3), September 2012'Readily accessible to the general reader, this engaging and informative collection will be of great value to students of theology and religious history.'Studies in Spirituality, volume 22, 2012"...The belief that all will ultimately end up in the presence of God and hell will be empty has been a minority position in the Christian tradition, and it is probably true that most Christians have considered such a belief to be non-orthodox. As this book demonstrates, however, there have always been Christian voices supporting it; to listen and understand those voices is the goal of this volume. [...] Eschatology is a fascinating theological discipline; it is also quite demanding. It gives one the opportunity to synthesize the insights from the theology of creation, anthropology, theology of God, and salvation, among others. The authors of the essays in this volume demonstrate their expertise on the views of the theologians they present; their expositions provide the reader with the basic rationale for the universalist position each thinker advocated. [...] All Shall Be Well is a commendable contribution to the study of apokatastasis..." Martin Madar, Heythrop Journal, Vol 54, Issue 2, March 2013.'The thorough bibliographical material is very helpful for those wanting to investigate the work of particular theologians more extensively.'Mark Smith, Churchman, 127/3, Autumn 2013This book achieves something rare in theology, a work that is riveting, occasionally exciting, challenging, and ultimately encouraging for those of us who cannot sit still with dogma, but must engage it, learn it, and endure the joys of its provocation.-Nigel Zimmermann, The Expository Times, Volume 127, Number 4, January 2016