David Bentley Hart is an Eastern Orthodox scholar of religion, and a philosopher, writer, and cultural commentator. His books include The Experience of God and The New Testament.
"Hart...has an octopus-like grip on contemporary culture, history
and theology, as well as a vibrant, vocabulary-rich style."-Nick
Mattiske, Insights
"David Bentley Hart has a reputation for having a giant intellect.
His latest book, That All Shall Be Saved, simply adds to
that reputation."-Nils Von Kalm, Sight Magazine
"David Bentley Hart, the most eminent living anglophone theologian,
asks the fundamental question: Is it possible that anyone is
damned? Hart's answer is no, and that negative is gorgeously
elaborated in this book, with unmatched force and brio."-Paul
Griffiths, author of Christian Flesh
"David Bentley Hart never disappoints. Three years ago he published
a translation of the New Testament; now comes a "companion" to take
up a question that vexes many Christians. Does the New Testament
teach that hell is everlasting? Hart is convinced, having wrestled
with the language of the New Testament and plumbed early Christian
thought, that it does not. In this original and lively book, Hart
shows, why most Christian thinking about eternal damnation is
unbiblical."-Robert Louis Wilken, author of Liberty in the
Things of God
"Hart shows with great clarity why the idea that our ultimate
freedom lies in accepting or rejecting God as one option amongst
others is profoundly mistaken. This is some of the most exacting,
perspicuous and powerful theological writing I have read in recent
years."-Simon Oliver, Durham University
"If everything and everyone are not finally restored, then God is
not God. This is the simple core of Hart's unanswerable argument,
masterfully developed. He calls us back to real orthodoxy, perhaps
just in time."-John Milbank, University of Nottingham
"At last! A brilliant treatment-exegetically, theologically, and
philosophically- of the promise that, in the end, all will indeed
be saved, and exposing the inadequacy-above all moral-of claims to
the contrary."-John Behr, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological
Seminary
"Unfettered theology! Do we really believe that anyone can be
alienated from their destiny-God-forever? Aside from trying to
process 'forever,' will not the excess of a genuine divinity
revealed to us neutralize the sheer banality of evil?"-David
Burrell, University of Notre Dame -- David Burrell
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