Theo Todman's Book Collection (Book-Paper Abstracts)

BOOK ABSTRACT:

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION – 1
   1. Defining Hell – 1
   2. Goal of the Book – 9
   3. Assumptions – 12
      Notes - 13
      
2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF HELL – 15
   1. Neutral Fate – 15
   2. Judging the Dead – 17
   3. Judeo-Christian Developments – 22
   4. Rejection of the Doctrine – 26
      Notes – 31
      
3. THE ARGUMENT FROM JUSTICE – 37
   1. Summary of the Argument - 37
   2. Preliminary Responses: Augustine and Aquinas – 38
   3. The Classic Response: Anselm and Jonathan Edwards – 48
   4. Other Attempts to Prove the Infinite Seriousness of Sin – 77
   5. The Contemporary Response: Separationism – 81
   6. The Freedom View of Hell – 84
   7. Objections to the Freedom View – 86
   8. Conclusion – 89
      Notes – 90
      
4. ARGUMENTS FROM DIVINE LOVE – 95
   1. Stump on Aquinas – 96
   2. Adams: The Argument From Impaired Freedom – 100
   3. Adams: The Argument From Foreknowledge – 103
   4. Talbott: The Incompatibility of Heaven and Hell – 122
   5. Conclusion – 132
      Notes – 133
      
5. ARGUMENTS FROM HUMAN CHOICE – 135
   1. Adams: Free Choice and Experience – 135
   2. Talbott: Free Choice and Motive – 139
   3. Talbott's Argument: Contemporary Responses – 144
   4. Why Does God Allow Evil Motives? 147
   5. Hell and the Fall – 148
   6. The Value of Peccability – 150
   7. The Necessity of Peccability – 153
   8. Summary and Conclusion – 156
      Notes – 157
      
6. THE FREEDOM VIEW COMPARED WITH RIVAL VERSIONS – 161
   1. The Version of Augustine and Aquinas – 164
   2. Two Contemporary Accounts of Hell – 173
   3. Hell or Annihilation? 182
   4. Conclusion – 184
      Notes – 185
      
7. THEODICY AND THEOLOGY – 189
   1. Theological Implications of Theodicy – 189
   2. Theological Implications of the Freedom View – 192
   3. Conclusion: The Freedom View and Christian Confessions – 195
      Notes – 195
      
   WORKS CITED – 197
   INDEX – 205