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Title: Four Views on Hell by William V. Crockett, John Walvoord, Clark Pinnock ISBN: 0-310-21268-5 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 06 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent in form and content: a must-read on this subject!
Comment: While delivering 4 views of hell, and a response to each by the other authors, this book presents the top contending views on the nature of hell. However, at times each author tends to get too defensive of his own view, and tends to defend it with an "It's just right 'cause I said so!" view. But overall, it is an excellent group of essays!
Rating: 5
Summary: Four Views of "Hell-ologists"
Comment: Four Views of Hell is one of the best books available on the subject. Unlike other books on the same topic, the book dares to allow differing voices to be heard. But, this book may tell us even more about the prejudices and preconceptions of those who contributed to it than about the afterlife.
John Walvoord is dogmatic in his "Literal" view that hell is a place of actual flames combining physical pain with mental and emotional depression and misery. I believe that literal is a particularly bad naming and this should have been called the "Traditional" view instead.
William Crockett allows more credence to other views but still suggests that his "Metaphorical" view, hell is a state of mental and emotional depression and misery without physical features, are the only reasonable views.
In the "Purgatorial" view, Zachary Hayes, gives an excellent synopsis of the development of this controversial idea, but the reader is left to wonder whether purgatorial is 'hellish' in the traditional sense or merely cleansing and refreshing. His treatment of the Roman Catholic doctrine is historical, fair, and unapologetic.
Clark Pinnock writes one of the best articles, to date, on the "Conditional" view. This view holds that in the end, most of the unsaved will become saved, and those who persist in rebellion and hold fast to doing evil will enter a state of oblivion and annihilation. Pinnock's article and counterpoints are excellent and by far the least prideful of the lot.
The flaw, not with the book but with the contributors, is that they don't seem to read what the others have written. In their rebuttals they pick and choose their attack points often missing the very solutions to the problems they point out.
I would be delighted if this book were revised in the future to include views on "Soul Sleep" and deeper coverage of the included views. Despite the pugnatious attitudes of some of the contributors, I would want to read a broader and deeper coverage of the different views rather than avoiding them or this book.
While Hell-ologists (to coin an understandable term) may be dogmatic and sometimes arrogant in their views, the book allows the reader to see what their views are about and to fairly weigh the views. I've yet to find another book on the subject which accepts counterpoints as well as this book in Zondervan's Counterpoints Series.
Rating: 1
Summary: Just to wild for words
Comment: I read this book as part of my seminary training. To be honest it was a waste of money. The topic is a non-starter. Hell either exists as Jesus, the bible, Muslims, Jews have taught for many thousnads of years, Or it DOSEN"T. If it does, then you better be prepared, if it doesn't then why worry. Dr Walvoord's view is the classic biblical treatment of Hell. It is well written and his concern for humamity and their decision it ignore the facts is well presented. The other three views are well presented but NOT supported, by anything other than simply saying so. If you want to waste your money and time, then good ahead and buy this. If you want to know the truth, just read the source material- The BIBLE
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