Episode 114: "An Unquenchable Doctrine": Chris Date on the Recent History of Conditional Immortality
Rethinking Hell
English - November 08, 2018 04:14 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality heaven hell bible christian christianity doctrine eschatology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date recently presented a paper at Lloyd Strickland's and Andrew Crome's conference, "Imagining the Last Things: Eschatology and Apocalypticism, 1500-Present." Chris's paper, "An Unquenchable Doctrine: The Tenacity of Conditional Immortality in Recent History," outlines the history of conditionalism since the Reformation and its increasing popularity despite attempts by traditionalists to stamp it out, and the evolution of the doctrine of eternal torment into something much more moderate than would be recognizable to Christians of the past.