Nature of Hell - Softcover

Evangelical Alliance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953299228 ISBN 13: 9780953299225

Publisher: Authentic Media

Synopsis

Evangelicals have traditionally held that unbelievers will be condemned without exception to eternal conscious punishment. However, increasing numbers of evangelical thinkers are declaring sympathy for conditional immortality - a position which emphasizes that God's final punishment for sin is death rather than everlasting torment and that God's promise of a re-created universe cannot be squared with the classical understanding of hell. This is a form of the more general doctrine of annihilationism, which sees hell as a realm of destruction rather than endless retribution. For some, this shift represents a dangerous dilution of evangelical faith. For others it offers a much needed corrective to a harsh misunderstanding of God's purposes. These and related issues are tackled in this report that aims to be biblical and pastoral and to be accessible to interested lay people as well as to theological specialists.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This report from the Evangelical Alliance examines new doctrines of annihilationism against traditional evangelical beliefs.

About the Author:

David Hilborn (PhD, Nottingham University) is director of studies of the North Thames Ministerial Course, having served as head of theology for the UK Evangelical Alliance since 1997. In that role he was responsible for the publication of a number of significant books and reports on topics where evangelicals differ from each other, including reports on hell, the Toronto Blessing and homosexuality. Formerly a United Reformed Minister, David is now an ordained clergyman of the Church of England. He is married to Mia, a hospital chaplain. They have two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Authentic Media
• ISBN 10: 0953299228
• ISBN 13: 9780953299225
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162