Category Archives: David B. Hart

If God is going to deify everyone anyway, why not deify everyone immediately?

Posted on 20 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by David Bentley Hart Frankly, Al, I find the question very strange. In part, because its premise is an absolute banality: that life is a kind of contest, played within the arbitrary constraints of the clock, at the end of … Continue reading →

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When Hell Becomes Dogma: The Closing of the Catholic Mind

Posted on 2 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

My working principle: once eternal damnation is accepted by an ecclesial community as dogmatically binding, three things happen: Holy Scripture and the patristic tradition will be read through the dogma. Preaching and theological speculation will be governed by this dogma, … Continue reading →

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‘Theological Territories’ with David Bentley Hart and John Betz

Posted on 14 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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David B. Hart & Raymond Tallis Talk about Materialism and the Mystery of Consciousness

Posted on 12 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Logos, Mind, and Making Sense of the World

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Dr Trent Pomplun Reviews ‘That All Shall Be Saved’

Posted on 2 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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Dr Karen Kilby Reviews ‘That All Shall Be Saved’

Posted on 31 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The most intellectually dense strand of the book—and the most difficult for non-specialists to follow—is Hart’s argument against the idea that any rational being might permanently choose evil. The density here comes from the fact that Hart is working within … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of Castle MacGorilla

Posted on 9 August 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I have just finished reading the children’s story The Mystery of Castle MacGorilla by David Bentley Hart. “What?” you ask. “The metaphysician, controversialist, and grandmaster of archaic vocabulary has written a children’s story? Surely you jest?” No, I do not … Continue reading →

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When Only Bad Arguments Are Possible: A Response to Diem (among others)

Posted on 26 July 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by David Bentley Hart In my last posting here, I confessed my bafflement at Edward Feser’s strange assertion that, when discussing the structure of rational freedom in That All Shall Be Saved, I do so in order to deny that … Continue reading →

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