{"title":"David Bentley Hart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound explorations into theology, philosophy, and the history of Christianity. His works challenge conventional views with \u003cem\u003eeloquent and incisive\u003c\/em\u003e arguments on faith, divinity, and the nature of religious experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a blend of rigorous scholarship and poetic insight as Hart engages with questions about God, salvation, and the interpretation of sacred texts. 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[Hart’s] resounding challenge to orthodox Christian views on hell and his defense of God’s ultimate goodness will prove convincing and inspiring to the open-minded.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Christians believed that hell was not everlasting, and that all would eventually attain salvation. But today, this view is no longer prevalent within Christian communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this momentous book, \u003ci\u003eThat All Shall Be Saved\u003c\/i\u003e, David Bentley Hart makes the case that nearly two millennia of dogmatic tradition have misled readers on the crucial matter of universal salvation. Based on the earliest Christian writings, theological tradition, scripture, and logic, Hart argues that if God is the good creator of all, he is the saviour of all, without fail. And if he is not the saviour of all, the Kingdom is only a dream, and creation something considerably worse than a nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is not so. There is no such thing as eternal damnation; all will be saved. 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His translation aims to awaken readers to the uncanniness often concealed beneath doctrinal layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough his startling translation, characterised by a raw, unfinished quality, Hart unveils a world conceptually distinct from our own. He describes it as a world where the heavens were inhabited by celestial spiritual entities of questionable character, where angels ruled the nations as local gods, and where demons roamed desolate places. It was a cosmos that, for many, was an eternal divine order and, for others, a darkened prison house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHart challenges readers to reimagine this world: a God who reigned supreme, appearing in the form of a slave and dying as a criminal, only to then be resurrected and revealed as the Lord of all things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796850528492,"sku":"9780300265705","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24654793482294.jpg?v=1757112865"},{"product_id":"all-things-are-full-of-gods-by-david-bentley-hart-9780300285499","title":"All Things Are Full of Gods","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA world-renowned philosopher's genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] masterpiece. . . . 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