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: A Translation.
“[Hart] has a clear case to make about matters of God’s being and
our ultimate destiny. He articulates it passionately, polemically,
rhetorically and repetitively.”—Vernon White, Times Literary
Supplement
“Hart . . . has an octopus-like grip on contemporary culture,
history and theology, as well as a vibrant, vocabulary-rich
style.”—Nick Mattiske, Insights
“Professes a definitive form of universalism, not just a hopeful
one.”—Ilaria L. E. Ramelli, Eirene, Studia Graeca et Latina
“A genuinely beautiful and irenic book from one of the theological
world’s most able and creative thinkers.”—Tom Greggs, Scottish
Journal of Theology
“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
“Succinct, super-provocative, intelligent, convincing and
entertaining”—Robin Parry, Modern Believing
“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
“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
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