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Category Archives: David B. Hart
Ana Siljak on “D. B. Hart’s Inquisitor”
“Michael McClymond, in ‘Opiate of the Theologians,’ makes the plausible argument that we moderns have (in so many words) become soft. Christian universalism, he writes, is a ‘religion of humanity.’ a good-natured religion with all of its ‘spiritual shallowness.’ Lumping … Continue reading
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David B. Hart on “In Defense of a Certain Tone of Voice”
“A belief does not merit unconditional reverence just because it is old, nor should it be immune to being challenged in terms commensurate to the scandal it seems to pose. And the belief that a God of infinite intellect, justice, … Continue reading
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‘That All Shall Be Saved’: A Review of a Review of a Review
It’s not often that one comes across a review of a book review. Sometimes a journal or magazine will give an author the opportunity to respond to a critical review. Sometimes it will publish a second review that offers a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, David B. Hart
Tagged apocatastasis, David Hart, eternal damnation, hell, Orthodoxy, That All Shall Be Saved, universal salvation
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David B. Hart on “Can Persons Be Saved?”
“What can be stated with considerable certainty, and with quite a good deal of scriptural evidence, is that wherever the narrative of salvation becomes most developed, especially in Paul’s theology, it necessarily expands into an affirmation of the universal and … Continue reading
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David B. Hart on “What God Wills and What God Permits”
“It is a logical truism that all secondary causes in creation are reducible to their first cause. This is not a formula of determinism. It merely means that nothing can appear within the ‘consequents’ of God’s creative act that is … Continue reading
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What Is a Truly Free Will? by David Bentley Hart
I should explain. I am in the process of preparing a kind of “interim report” on my recent book That All Shall Be Saved, in preparation for a number of public events, and perhaps in anticipation of a second edition … Continue reading
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Apprehending Apokatastasis: The Necessary Choosing of the Good
Every human being is divinely ordered to God under the aspects of the transcendentals of being—the Truth, the Good, and the Beautiful. We hunger and thirst for union with him, for only in him can we enjoy supreme and overflowing … Continue reading
