Ilaria L. E. Ramelli is Full Professor of Theology and K. Britt Chair in Christology at the Graduate School of Theology, SHMS (Thomas Aquinas University 'Angelicum'), senior visiting professor at major universities, and elected Senior Research Fellow at Durham University (for the second time), at Erfurt University, Max Weber Center (within a Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation), and Fowler Hamilton Fellow at the University of Oxford.
"This large yet lucid volume is not only a recapitulation, in
somewhat more popular terms, of the author's monumental study of
apokatastasis, or universal restoration, in early Christian
thought; it carries the story forward to the middle ages, adds
material on annihilationism, and digests the author's previous work
on the meaning of the word aionios into an appendix--all with an
unmatched command of primary sources and scholarly literature."
--Mark Edwards, Professor of Theology, University of Oxford
"Is universalism an aberration in Christian theology? Definitely
not, according to this remarkable assemblage of material . . . This
book is strongly recommended for effectively trouncing the
misconception that philosophy or heresy was primarily responsible
for the universalist view--rather it was a widespread way of
reading Scripture."
--Frances Young, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of
Birmingham, UK
"Ramelli's larger project on the status of universalism in the
history of Christian thought has already altered the scholarly
landscape in many absolutely crucial respects; this indispensable
book adds a great many vital dimensions to that project, and
adumbrates still more revelations in volumes to come. We are all
very much in her debt."
--David BentleyHart, Professor, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced
Study, Indiana
"May we hope for the salvation of all? In this compelling work,
Ramelli demonstrates with careful scholarship and immense learning
that there is indeed a tradition--sometimes hidden, sometimes
manifest, rooted in the Scriptures and the conviction that all
being is created by God--that embraces this larger hope that all
beings will find their destiny in God."
--Andrew Louth, Emeritus Professor of Patristic and Byzantine
Studies, Durham University
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