Ep. 108 - Dr. David Bentley Hart ”That All Shall Be Saved”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Guest Info/BIo:This week I have a fascinating conversation with Dr. David Bentley Hart on his new book That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. Dr. Hart has held positions at numerous universities including St. Louis University, University of Virginia, Duke University, and Providence College. His specialities are philosophical theology, systematics, patristics, classical and continental philosophy, and Asian religion. Dr. Hart has published numerous books and over 450 articles in such scholarly journals as Modern Theology, The Scottish Journal of Theology, and Pro Ecclesia, as well as in such trade publications as The Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal, First Things, and Commonweal. In 2011 he was awarded the Michael Ramsey Prize of the Church of England. (Select) Guest Publications: Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies; The Hidden and the Manifest: Essays in Theology and Metaphysics; The Story of Christianity: A History of 2000 Years of The Christian Faith; The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss; The New Testament: A Translation; and That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. Guest Links:https://www.amazon.com/David-Bentley-Hart/e/B001JRTRC0%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareSpecial Music By: Dead Horses www.deadhorses.net Instagram: @deadhorseswiTwitter: @deadhorseswiFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/deadhorseswiEnjoy the music?Songs heard on this episode were: “Turntable” from the album My Mother the Moon; “Lay me Down” from the album Space and Time; and “All I Ever Wanted” & “Mighty Storm” from the EP Birds. You can find Dead Horses music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is sold!This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited by John Williamson and mixed and produced by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information: www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, or follow us on social mediaJoin our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionists Website by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen PfluigT-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	It's quite often asked, you know, if salvation is universal, what was the point of the cross?
0:05.9	Yeah. Yeah. But wouldn't it be the same? I mean, would you ask exactly the same question?
0:11.8	No matter how many are saved, whether it's just one person or everybody,
0:16.2	the cross would still be the way by which that salvation was accomplished.
0:23.5	The universalists still thought that there could not be salvation, except through the
0:29.3	overthrow of death and sin, through the conquest and restoration of the fallen cosmos,
0:37.8	the restoration of all things to God,
0:40.3	so that God should be all at all.
0:42.4	It's the same story.
0:43.7	It's just in the Universalist version,
0:46.8	God really wins.
0:48.7	He doesn't just have a partial victory,
0:51.0	and it's not just a partial uh partial victory in a in a in a uh in a story that otherwise is quite
1:00.0	tragic love a mighty family a mighty wind Welcome to the deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host, John Williamson, and this is the start of our traditional October Halloween themed episodes. And so this year, super
1:31.3	excited. It kind of fell together quite nicely. Didn't mean for it to go this way, but this is an
1:36.7	episode I actually recorded a while ago. Actually, it was the first episode I believe I recorded
1:41.9	after I got, I recovered from COVID.
1:44.6	So I'm a little, I probably sound a little horse in this episode.
1:49.1	So forgive me there.
1:50.2	But it's not about listening to my voice, just about listening to the great David Bentley
1:54.4	Hart.
1:54.8	So if you've never heard of Dr. Hart before, he came out a couple years ago, I think now, with his own translation of the New
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