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Eliminating the problem of hell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2018

JAMES P. STERBA
JAMES P. STERBA*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, USA
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e-mail: Sterba.1@nd.edu
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Abstract

According to Marilyn Adams, hell poses the principal problem of evil for Christians. In this article, I show that the problem of hell can be eliminated, or solved, but not by any of four favoured theistic solutions (i.e. traditional, escapist, annihilationist and universalist) that have been provided. Rather, I argue that there is another theistic solution to the problem of hell, a morally realistic solution, which, by drawing on ethical theory, can be shown to be morally preferable to these other solutions.

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Religious Studies , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , June 2020 , pp. 181 - 193
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018

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