University Press of America
Pages: 180
Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-0-7618-2719-1 • Paperback • November 2003 • $70.99 • (£55.00)
Steven R. Harmon is Professor of Historical Theology at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Abbreviations
Chapter 3 "They Employ These Testimonies:" Apokatastasis and Exegesis: Excursus: The Alexandrian Exegetical Tradition
Chapter 4 "He Indeed Saves All:" Clement of Alexandria: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Clement of Alexandria: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture
Chapter 5 "That God May Be All in All:" Origen: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Origen: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture in the Articulati
Chapter 6 "Salvation Comes through Subjection:" Gregory of Nyssa: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of
Chapter 7 "A More Subtle Understanding:" Conclusions: Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Ancient and Modern Authors; About the Author
Steven R. Harmon's Every Knee Should Bow (revised dissertation, Southwestern Seminary, 1997) makes for a good read. It is concise and clearly written... I will find the book (Every Knee Should Bow) a valuable resource for the analysis of this issue in my class on the history of Christian thought. It will provide a ready reference to key biblical texts, as well as examples of how selected early Christian thinkers employed these texts. It is always enjoyable to lead students to see that ideas they consider radical (such as universal restoration) are not really new.
— J. Bradley Chance, William Jewell College; Journal Of The Nabpr
This book is a joy to read, both because its subject is relevant to the faith and life of the church today and because Harmon has provided so many insights into early Christian universalism, a position he respects though he does not adopt it.
— Fisher Humphreys, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Alabama; Review and Expositor
This book is a joy to read, both because its subject is relevant to the faith and life of the church today and because Harmon has provided so many insights into early Christian universalism, a position he respects though he does not adopt it.
— Fisher Humphreys, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Alabama; Review and Expositor