An Incomplete Bibliography on Hell and Universalism

For about 4 years now, I have grown into the habit of creating bibliographies for all my research interests. In the early days of Guarded Acumen, my personal philosophy channel, I hosted a website titled The Guarded Acumen Archives, where I would publicly share fragments of my work-in-progress bibliographies. I had early iterations of my now released Kalam and philosophy of time bibliographies hosted there, alongside a panoply of excerpts from books and articles I kept for reference.

And with Guarded Acumen on Discord, I now regularly share those with people on various servers, including my own.

I have now developed an interest in the Christian debate between universalists, infernalists, and annihilationists about hell and general eschatology. So, naturally, I began working on collecting as many papers I could find on the topic of hell and universalism.

This bibliography currently only includes academic articles—no books, chapters, or book reviews—on the topic of hell and universalism in contemporary analytic philosophy. It is a work in progress and may never be fully complete. So, if you have any recommendations for additional works to be included, please let me know.

• Ani, Emmanuel Ifeanyi. “Considering Escaping Hell.” Religious Studies, 19 Jan. 2022, pp. 1–17., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412521000548.
• Buckareff, Andrei A., and Allen Plug. “Escaping Hell: Divine Motivation and the Problem of Hell.” Religious Studies, vol. 41, no. 1, 18 Mar. 2005, pp. 39–54., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412504007437.
• Buckareff, Andrei A., and Allen Plug. “Escapism, Religious Luck, and Divine Reasons for Action.” Religious Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, 4 Mar. 2009, pp. 63–72., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412508009797.
• Clark, Kelly James. “God Is Great, God Is Good: Medieval Conceptions of Divine Goodness and the Problem of Hell.” Religious Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, Mar. 2001, pp. 15–31., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500005461.
• Corabi, Joseph. “Hell and Character.” Religious Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, Jun. 2010, pp. 233-244., https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412510000156
• Craig, William Lane. “Talbott’s Universalism Once More.” Religious Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, Dec. 1993, pp. 497–518., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500022551.
• Craig, William Lane. “Talbott’s Universalism.” Religious Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, Sept. 1991, pp. 297–308., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500020990.
• Craig, William Lane. “‘No Other Name’: A Middle Knowledge Perspective on the Exclusivity of Salvation Through Christ.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 6, no. 2, 1 Apr. 1989, pp. 172–188., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil19896212.
• Crisp, Oliver. “Augustinian Universalism.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 53, no. 3, June 2003, pp. 127–145., https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024410218667.
• Crisp, Oliver. “Divine Retribution: A Defence.” Sophia, vol. 42, no. 2, Oct. 2003, pp. 35–52., https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02782398.
• Dougherty, Trent. “Hell, Vagueness, and Justice: A Reply to Sider,” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 25, no. 3, Jul. 2008, pp. 322-328., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil200825331
• Ehrlich, Dror. “Some Further Reflections Regarding the Talbott–Crisp Debate on the Augustinian Concept of Everlasting Punishment.” Religious Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Mar. 2010, pp. 23–40., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412510000089.
• Himma, Kenneth Einar. “Eternally Incorrigible: The Continuing-Sin Response to the Proportionality Problem of Hell.” Religious Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Mar. 2003, pp. 61–78., https://doi.org/10.1017/s003441250200625x.
• Holyer, Robert. “Justice and Mercy: A Reply to Thomas Talbott.” Religious Studies, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 1994, pp. 287–294., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500022897.
• Holyer, Robert. “Justice and Mercy: A Reply to Thomas Talbott.” Religious Studies, vol. 30, no. 3, Sept. 1994, pp. 287–294., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500022897.
• Jensen, Paul T. “Intolerable But Moral? Thinking About Hell.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 10, no. 2, 1 Apr. 1993, pp. 235–241., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil199310221.
• Joaquin, Jeremiah Joven. “Hell, Heaven, Neither, or Both: The Afterlife and Sider’s Puzzle.” Sophia, vol. 58, no. 3, 7 Sept. 2018, pp. 401–408., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-018-0682-5.
• Jordan, Jeff. “The Topography of Divine Love.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 29, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2012, pp. 53–69., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20122913.
• Kershnar, Stephen. “The Injustice of Hell.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 58, no. 2, Oct. 2005, pp. 103–123., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-005-3810-4.
• Knight, Gordon. “Universalism and the Greater Good: A Response to Talbott.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 14, no. 1, 1997, pp. 98–103., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil199714111.
• Knight, Gordon. “Universalism for Open Theists.” Religious Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2006, pp. 213–223., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412506008298.
• Konieczka, Matthew. “Hell Despite Vagueness: A Response to Sider.” Sophia, vol. 50, no. 1, 11 Aug. 2009, pp. 221–232., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-009-0115-6.
• Kronen, John, and Eric Reitan. “Annihilation or Salvation? A Philosophical Case for Preferring Universalism to Annihilationism.” Religious Studies, vol. 58, no. 1, 22 Mar. 2020, pp. 138–161., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412520000165.
• Kronen, John, and Eric Reitan. “Talbott’s Universalism, Divine Justice, and the Atonement.” Religious Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, 11 Sept. 2004, pp. 249–268., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412504007048.
• Luck, Morgan. “Escaping Heaven and Hell.” Religious Studies, vol. 52, no. 3, 28 Sept. 2015, pp. 395–402., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412515000451.
• Matheson, Benjamin. “Escaping Heaven.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 75, no. 3, 15 Oct. 2013, pp. 197–206., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-013-9432-3.
• Mbũgua, Karori. “The Problem of Hell Revisited: Towards a Gentler Theology of Hell.” Thought and Practice, vol. 3, no. 2, Dec. 2011, https://doi.org/https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tp/article/view/74877.
• Murray, Michael J. “Three Versions of Universalism.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 16, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1999, pp. 55–68., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil19991613.
• Oduor, R MJ. “Eternal Damnation: A Reply to Karori Mbugua’s ‘Gentler Theology of Hell.’” Thought and Practice, vol. 7, no. 2, 8 Oct. 2016, pp. 123–140., https://doi.org/10.4314/tp.v7i2.7.
• Patsalidou, Ioanna-Maria. “Hell: Against Universalism.” University of Glasgow, 24 Oct. 2011, pp. 1–159., https://doi.org/http://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/2945.
• R Gillham, Alex. “Threats, Coercion, and Willingness to Damn: Three More Objections against the Unpopulated Hell View.” Forum Philosophicum, vol. 25, no. 2, 29 Mar. 2020, pp. 235–254., https://doi.org/10.35765/forphil.2020.2502.16.
• Reitan, Eric. “Eternal Damnation and Blessed Ignorance: Is the Damnation of Some Incompatible with the Salvation of Any?” Religious Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, 21 Dec. 2002, pp. 429–450., https://doi.org/10.1017/s003441250200611x.
• Reitan, Eric H. “Universalism and Autonomy,” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 18, no. 2, 1 Apr. 2001, pp. 222-240., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20011825
• Reitan, Eric H. “A Guarantee of Universal Salvation,” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 24, no. 4, 1 Oct. 2007, pp. 413-432., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20072443
• Seymour, Charles. “A Craigian Theodicy of Hell.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 17, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2000, pp. 103–115., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil200017110.
• Sider, Theodore. “Hell and Vagueness.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 19, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2002, pp. 58–68., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20021918.
• Talbott, Thomas B. “On the Divine Nature and the Nature of Divine Freedom.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 5, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1988, pp. 3–24., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil1988517.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Craig on the Possibility of Eternal Damnation.” Religious Studies, vol. 28, no. 4, Dec. 1992, pp. 495–510., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500021892.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Freedom, Damnation, and the Power to Sin with Impunity.” Religious Studies, vol. 37, no. 4, Dec. 2001, pp. 417–434., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412501005777.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Misery and Freedom: Reply to Walls.” Religious Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, 21 June 2004, pp. 217–224., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412504006924.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Providence, Freedom, and Human Destiny.” Religious Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, June 1990, pp. 227–245., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500020382.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Punishment, Forgiveness, and Divine Justice.” Religious Studies, vol. 29, no. 2, June 1993, pp. 151–168., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500022174.
• Talbott, Thomas. “The Doctrine of Everlasting Punishment.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 7, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1990, pp. 19–42., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil1990711.
• Talbott, Thomas. “The Topography of Divine Love: A Response to Jeff Jordan.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 30, no. 3, 7 Jan. 2013, pp. 302–316., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201330328.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Three Pictures of God in Western Theology.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 12, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1995, pp. 79–94., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil199512120.
• Talbott, Thomas. “Universalism and the Supposed Oddity of Our Earthly Life: Reply to Michael Murray.” Faith and Philosophy, vol. 18, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2001, pp. 102–109., https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil200118116.
• Van Holten, Wilko. “Hell and the Goodness of God.” Religious Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 1 Mar. 1999, pp. 37–55., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412598004697.
• Walls, Jerry L. “A Hell of a Choice: Reply to Talbott.” Religious Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 203–216., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412504006912.
• Walls, Jerry L. “A Hell of a Dilemma: Rejoinder to Talbott.” Religious Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, 21 June 2004, pp. 225–227., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412504006936.
• Worsley, David. “(Affective) Union in Hell.” Religious Studies, vol. 55, no. 02, 16 June 2018, pp. 261–278., https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412518000641.