The Concept of Hell
Published on 27. August 2015
Book
Hardback
IX, 238 pages
978-1-137-45570-3 (ISBN)
Description
What is the nature of Hell? What role(s) may Hell play in religious, political, or ethical thought? Can Hell be justified? This edited volume addresses these questions and others; drawing philosophers from many approaches and traditions to analyze and examine Hell.
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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
IX, 238 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-45570-3 (9781137455703)
DOI
10.1057/9781137455710
Schweitzer Classification
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The Concept of Hell
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Persons
Robert Arp, University of Missouri-Kansas City, US. Nathan Conroy, Texas Tech University, US. Jeffrey Ewing, University of Oregon, US. Galen Foresman, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, US. Charles Joshua Horn, University of Wisconsin, US. Randall M. Jensen, Northwestern College, US. James Edwin Mahon, Washington and Lee University, US. Benjamin W. McCraw, University of South Carolina, US. James M. McLachlan, Western Carolina University, US. Nicolas Michaud, Florida State College, US. Jonathon O'Donnell, SOAS, University of London, UK. Jerry S. Piven, Independent Scholar Andrew Rogers, Texas Tech University, US. Frank Scalambrino, University of Dallas, US. Jeffrey E. Stephenson, Montana State University, US. Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte, Pontifical University Antonianum, Italy.
Content
Introduction
Benjamin W. McCraw and Robert Arp
PART I: THE NATURE OF HELL
1. Choosing Hell; Randall M. Jensen
2. Hell is Others and Paradise is Others: Hell in the Existential Paris of Sartre and Berdyaev; James M. McLachlan
3. A New Defense of the Strong View of Hell; Andrew Rogers and Nathan Conroy
4. The Temporality of Damnation: Examining Linear and Non-Linear Responses to the Puzzle of Eternal Experience; Frank Scalambrino
PART II: JUSTIFYING HELL?
5. Hell and Punishment: Pitfalls for the Pit; Galen A. Foresman
6. Leibniz's Stoic and Spinozistic Justification for Eternal Damnation; Charles Joshua Horn
7. Morality and the Necessity of Hell; James Edwin Mahon
8. Hell is For Children? Or The Violence of Inculcating Hell; Jeffrey E. Stephenson and Jerry Piven
PART III: HELL AND OTHERS
9. Damnation as Marginalization; Nicolas Michaud
10. Whom We Resist: Subjectivity and Resistance at the Infernal Periphery; Jonathon O'Donnell
11. Eternal Damnation as Exploitation's Last Defense: Marx, Religion, and the Concept of Hell; Jeffrey Ewing
12. [All] Politics [are] From the Devil: Taking Agamben to Hell (and Back?); Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte
Benjamin W. McCraw and Robert Arp
PART I: THE NATURE OF HELL
1. Choosing Hell; Randall M. Jensen
2. Hell is Others and Paradise is Others: Hell in the Existential Paris of Sartre and Berdyaev; James M. McLachlan
3. A New Defense of the Strong View of Hell; Andrew Rogers and Nathan Conroy
4. The Temporality of Damnation: Examining Linear and Non-Linear Responses to the Puzzle of Eternal Experience; Frank Scalambrino
PART II: JUSTIFYING HELL?
5. Hell and Punishment: Pitfalls for the Pit; Galen A. Foresman
6. Leibniz's Stoic and Spinozistic Justification for Eternal Damnation; Charles Joshua Horn
7. Morality and the Necessity of Hell; James Edwin Mahon
8. Hell is For Children? Or The Violence of Inculcating Hell; Jeffrey E. Stephenson and Jerry Piven
PART III: HELL AND OTHERS
9. Damnation as Marginalization; Nicolas Michaud
10. Whom We Resist: Subjectivity and Resistance at the Infernal Periphery; Jonathon O'Donnell
11. Eternal Damnation as Exploitation's Last Defense: Marx, Religion, and the Concept of Hell; Jeffrey Ewing
12. [All] Politics [are] From the Devil: Taking Agamben to Hell (and Back?); Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte