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Hopeful universalism
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dc.contributor.author | Rea, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-27T16:56:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-27T16:56:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-10-06 | |
dc.identifier | 269645833 | |
dc.identifier | 93171a9a-67c1-4b47-8767-95a3e781d1ee | |
dc.identifier | 85093513027 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rea , M 2020 , ' Hopeful universalism ' , Religious Studies , vol. First View . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412520000402 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-4125 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/20826 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article argues against the rationality of ‘hopeful universalism’, the components of which include the unconditional considered hope that soteriological universalism is true, and an absence of belief that it is true. Some proponents maintain that there is simply not enough evidence to affirm or deny universalism; others believe that it is probably false but nonetheless hope they are mistaken. This article argues that worshippers of God who maintain unconditional considered hope in the truth of universalism ought either to believe universalism or seek to abandon their hope in its truth, depending (in part) on how their confidence in the considerations that steer them away from universalism measure up against the beliefs that underwrite their hope in its truth. For such people, neither withholding belief in universalism nor believing that it is false while continuing to hope that it is true is a rational option. | |
dc.format.extent | 245898 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Religious Studies | en |
dc.subject | BL Religion | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BL | en |
dc.title | Hopeful universalism | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0034412520000402 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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