Resurrection, Heaven, and Hell

  • Jonathan L. Kvanvig

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Philosophy of Religion
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Pages630-638
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781405163576
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 8 2010

Keywords

  • Defensive maneuvers, primarily because of doctrine of resurrection-not simply a doctrine of an afterlife
  • Doctrine of limbo, from perceived injustice of traditional doctrine of hell
  • Philosophical reflections concerning afterlife-of monotheistic religions of Abrahamic tradition-Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
  • Resurrection, heaven, and hell
  • Second aspect of Christian reflections about heaven-doctrine of purgatory and correlative partitioning of heaven
  • Traditional doctrine of hell in Christianity-elaboration of punishment model
  • Unified account of heaven and hell-portraying each as flowing from one and the same divine motivational structure
  • Universalism, not solving problems of perceived injustice in hell

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