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Category Archives: Tom Belt
David Bentley Hart and the Moral Argument Against Hell
by Tom Belt I’ll get right to the point. I’m shocked that reviews of David Bentley Hart’s recent That All Shall Be Saved which reject his universalism all fail to engage his moral argument. I suspect there is a real will … Continue reading
‘Grace Saves All’: A Book Review
by Tom Belt It’s a pleasure to review and recommend David Artman’s Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism (Wipf & Stock, 2020, hereafter GSA), yet another voice among a growing chorus in defense of Christian universalism. I recall … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Eschatology, Tom Belt
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Huis Clos
by Tom Belt To repeat David Hart: I never get my own title. I was going to go with something a bit lighter (‘Come Hell or High Water’, ‘A Bat Out of Hell’, ‘To Hell and Back’), but in the … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Tom Belt
Tagged consciousness, damnation, David Hart, hell, Kierkegaard, Manoussakis, phenomenology
23 Comments
Tom Belt Visits Fr Eclectic
Had a wonderful visit yesterday and today with long-time reader and contributor Tom Belt. Tom started commenting on Eclectic Orthodoxy back in early 2014, and for a while he was commenting frequently, before he restarted his blog, An Open Orthodoxy. … Continue reading
Posted in Tom Belt
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The Cross: Substitution & Participation
by Thomas Belt Fr Aidan has been a friend and sparring partner for several years now, during which time Eclectic Orthodox (EO) has become one of the best theological blogs around, so it’s a special joy to be invited to … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Tom Belt
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Reviewing Reardon on Redemption
by Tom Belt It’s always an honor to join in the conversation here at Fr Aidan’s place. It’s good of him to invite me in to share my thoughts on Fr Patrick Henry Reardon’s enlightening book Reclaiming the Atonement: An … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Tom Belt
Tagged Anselm, atonement, cross, Patrick Reardon, redemption, theosis
19 Comments
U-turns and Transcendentals
by Pastor Tom Belt I’m delighted to be back at Eclectic Orthodoxy – my home away from home. I’m always informed and challenged by the content and the company here. It’s like pulling a chair up to a warm hearth … Continue reading
Posted in David B. Hart, Eschatology, Tom Belt
Tagged angels, Aquinas, David Hart, Ed Feser, eternal damnation, hell, Maximus the Confessor
62 Comments
Creation as Chaconne
by Pastor Tom Belt Bach’s Chaconne for Violin is 12 to 15 minutes of—well, forgive me for putting it this way—the eucharist ingested through the ears, a divine liturgy of pure music. I have well over a dozen recordings by different … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Theology, Tom Belt
Tagged apocatastasis, David Hart, divine providence, free will, God, libertarian freedom, universal salvation
68 Comments