Category Archives: Tom Belt

David Bentley Hart and the Moral Argument Against Hell

Posted on 24 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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‘Grace Saves All’: A Book Review

Posted on 14 September 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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Huis Clos

Posted on 9 November 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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Tom Belt Visits Fr Eclectic

Posted on 4 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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The Cross: Substitution & Participation

Posted on 22 October 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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Reviewing Reardon on Redemption

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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U-turns and Transcendentals

Posted on 2 March 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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Creation as Chaconne

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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