More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #14A:
Moralistic God |
Judgment Day
(from online encyclopedia) |
Heaven
(from online encyclopedia) |
Hell
(from online encyclopedia) |
Christian
Views on Hell (from online encyclopedia) |
Christian
Moralism (from online encyclopedia) |
Guilt
/ Shame / Fear Spectrum of Cultures (a cultural anthropology
perspective, from online encyclopedia) |
The
Bridge at San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder
(book with plot built around whether God is a moralist,
from online encyclopedia ) |
Mutaween (re: Saudi
Arabian/Islamic morality police, from online encyclopedia) |
Fate of the
Unlearned (from online
encyclopedia) |
Near
Death Experience
(from online encyclopedia) |
Devil (from
online encyclopedia) |
Sharia (the moral code
and religious law of Islam, from online encyclopedia) |
"Sinners
in the Hands of An Angry God" (classic 1741 sermon by Jonathan
Edwards)
|
Worldview Watch #26: Worldviews,
Blasphemy, and
Bumper Stickers |
What
Christian groups say about the afterlife: Heaven, Hell |
What
Does the Bible Say About When God Will Judge Us? |
“Pope
To World: Hell Does Exist” by
Vanessa Romo (story on NPR Mar 30 2018)
|
"The
Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham" by
Bob Moser (tormented
by voice of Billy Graham promising eternal damnation, Rolling Stone
Feb 23 2018 article) |
"Evangelical
Leaders Release Anti-LGBTQ Statement On Human Sexuality" by Antonia
Blumberg (August
29 2017 The Huffington Post)
|
"Imam:
We Can't Imagine The Beauty of Paradise After Death" (Oct 8 2013
program, part of an NPR Series: Views of the Afterlife) |
"Hell: Into Everlasting Fire"
(cover story in The Economist Dec 22 2012 issue) |
It's
Hell Without Jesus (website urging you to "repent and believe in
Jesus" as "the only way to escape Hell") |
Is
God a Severe Judge or a Merciful One? |
God's Plan of
Salvation (Christian perspective) |
"Seeking
Proof in Near Death Claims" (Oct 25 2010 Wall Street Journal story) |
The
Case for Life After Death, by Peter Kreeft |
Death:
The Final Mystery, by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe |
Adam,
Eve, and the Serpent, by Elaine Pagels (excerpts from book about
development of original sin concept) |
The
Concept of Original Sin in American History (from Science and Theology
News) |
"Sudanese
Woman Sentenced to Death for Her Faith" by Katharine Lackey (May
15 2014 article on USA Today) |
70,000
Demonstrate in Dhaka Demanding Anti-Blasphemy Laws and Death to Atheists (May
6 2013 news report published on The Telegraph) |
"The
Torturer's Apprentice" by Cullen Murphy (re: where moral
certainty can lead; article in Jan 2012 The Atlantic) |
Pastor
Rob Bell: What If Hell Doesn't Exist? by Jon Meacham (Apr 14 2011 Time
cover story) |
Megachurch
Preacher Joel Osteen Talks About Sin (Jan 27 2011 The Christian
Post story) |
Iran:
Theocratic Troubles (report from The Economist November 19
2016) |
God
is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human by Dominic Johnson (review
of this 2016 book in The Economist Jan 23 2016)
|
Heaven:
Our Enduring Fascination with The Afterlife, by Lisa Miller (website
for this 2010 book) |
Original
Sin: A Cultural History, by Alan Jacobs (review of this 2008 book) |
"The
New Road to Hell," by Nancy Gibbs (essay in Time March 24
2008) |
"A
Comeback for Confession," by Tim Padgett (article in Time
October 7 2007) |
The
Gift of Sin, by Suzelle Lynch (UU perspective connects
sin with unconsciousness and forgetting who we are) |
10
Reasons to Believe in Life After Death |
Frederic
Meyers - Proof of Life After Death |
Life
After Death, by Karlis Osis, Ph.D |
Strengths
and Weaknesses of Various Salvation Beliefs |
"Is
God a Taoist?", by R. Smullyan |
The
Deadly Dangers of Moralism, by John MacArthur (Christian perspective) |
"Are
Heaven and Hell Only a State of Mind?" (forum offering various
responses to this question) |
"Does
Heaven Exist?" by David van Biema (Mar 24 1997 Time cover
story) |
Moralistic
Therapeutic Deism -- the New American Religion |
Hereafter--the
Movie (imaginative creative speculations woven into entertaining film;
from online encyclopedia) |
Indonesians
Ask If Calamities Are a Divine Rebuke, by Tom McCawley (July, 2006 CSM
article) |
The
Purpose Driven Life (website of book from Christian author, Rick
Warren) |
Can
We Be Good Without God? by Robert Buckman (info on this 2001 book) |
The
Challenge of Cultural Relativism, by James Rachels (1993 essay) |
"America's
Four Gods" -- Baylor University Religion Survey |
quotes
related to salvation |
quotes
related to hell |