Hell Literature Reviews – Page 4 – Is There Anything Good About Hell?

Encyclopedia of Hell, Miriam Van Scott

December 20, 2020 / 20th Century, Anthology, Book, Hell Literature Reviews

Fascinating encyclopedia which surveys hell in history, world religions, literature, art and modern media. A very useful non-Christian sources for a study (or the beginnings of a study) on hell, although too focused on pop culture ...
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An Angry God? Eryl Davies

December 19, 2020 / 20th Century, Book, Hell Literature Reviews, Monograph

This short and hard-to-find book provides an excellent overview of the doctrines of wrath and hell. The chapters on wrath and judgment are especially good and the theology is generally excellent. My only criticism would be that the book seems very overview-ish and doesn’t flow terribly well as a singular work compared with perhaps the very best of the genre ...
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The Doctrine of Endless Punishment, W. T. Shedd

December 18, 2020 / 19th Century, Book, Hell Literature Reviews, Monograph

W. T. Shedd, one of my favorite theologians, has written a learned and excellent book on hell , incorporating his phenomenal grasp of the philosophers. Shame about the first part of the book, where he makes a number of exegetical missteps, as the second part is absolute dynamite ...
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Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment, Robert Peterson

December 18, 2020 / 20th Century, Book, Hell Literature Reviews, Monograph

Robert Peterson has written what is in my estimation the greatest defense of the doctrine of hell. It is thorough, biblical, logical, and persuasive. There is good exegesis of the major passages on hell and refutations of both universalism and annihilationism ...
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Whatever Happened to Hell? John Blanchard

December 18, 2020 / 20th Century, Book, Hell Literature Reviews, Monograph

John Blanchard draws from an exceptionally deep well and along with Peterson’s Hell on Trial is one of the best defenses of the biblical doctrine of hell available today and is almost certainly among the most comprehensive. No one does quotes, illustrations, and anecdotes better. If this book doesn’t make my top 5 list of books on hell, it is very ...
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