R Zachary Manis
American philosopher of religion known for work on the problem of hell; author of Sinners in the Presence of a Loving God (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Books
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1. Thinking Through The Problem Of Hell
A philosophically rigorous exploration of whether and how the doctrine of hell can be reconciled with a perfectly loving and just God. It surveys and evaluates eternal conscious separation, annihilationism, and universalism, ultimately defending a free‑will, self‑exclusion account in which damnation is the stabilized consequence of a will fixed against God rather than divine retributive torture. Along the way, it addresses objections about proportionality, moral responsibility, character formation, grace, and the possibility of postmortem repentance, aiming to preserve both divine love and human dignity.
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