A Consuming Passion
Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge
Edited by Christopher M. Date and Ron Highfield
Foreword by Stephen Travis
A Consuming Passion
Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge
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A consuming passion : essays on hell and immortality in honor of Edward Fudge / edited by Christopher M. Date and Ron Highfield, with a foreword by Stephen Travis
xxiv + 430 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 13: 978-1-4982-2305-8
1. Hell—Biblical teaching. 2. Future punishment—Biblical teaching. 3. Immortality—Biblical teaching. 4. Resurrection—Biblical teaching. 5. Fudge, Edward. I. Date, Christopher M., editor. II. Highfield, Ron, editor. III. Travis, Stephen. IV. Title.
BS680.H43 D182 2015
Manufactured in the U.S.A.01/14/2016
Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Part One: The Legacy of Edward Fudge
• Chapter 1: The Legacy of Edward Fudge
• Chapter 2: My Long Journey to Annihilationism
• Chapter 3: “Are You Going to Heaven?”
• Chapter 4: Moses, Jesus, and Fudge
• Part Two: Theology and Philosophy
• Chapter 6: The Extinction of Evil
• Chapter 7: Making the Philosophical Case for Conditionalism
• Chapter 8: Paul and the Annihilation of Death
• Chapter 9: Tempest Theophany, Cosmic Conflagration, and the Vanished Vanquished
• Chapter 10: Divine Sovereignty in the Punishment of the Wicked
• Part Three: Biblical Exegesis
• Chapter 11: The Punishment of the Wicked in Isaiah 66:24
• Chapter 12: Death, Eternal Life, and Judgment in the Gospel and Epistles of John
• Chapter 13: Hades in Revelation
• Part Four: History and Polemics
• Chapter 14: Eternal Punishment in First-Century Jewish Thought
• Chapter 15: Important Forgotten History
• Chapter 17: The Future of Hell
• Chapter 18: Doctrinal, Biblical, and Psychological Obstacles to Accepting Conditionalism
• Chapter 19: The Offer of Life
• Chapter 20: How to Talk about the Afterlife (If You Must)
• Chapter 21: Taking Conditionalism to the People
• Chapter 22: Articulating and Promoting Conditionalism in the Twenty-First Century
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About A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge
This diverse collection of essays in honor of Edward William Fudge explores the topics of hell and immortality, for which Fudge has been widely known through his magnum opus, The Fire That Consumes. Most Christians believe people will live and suffer in hell forever, but Fudge defends a view known historically as "conditional immortality." He and a growing minority of Christians believe God will grant immortality only to those who meet the condition of being united with Christ on the Last Day, while those who do not will perish forever. Although Christians sharing Fudge's view have defended it both before and after him, conditionalists today still point to The Fire That Consumes as the seminal treatment of the topic. |
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