An Anselmian Defense of Hell
This article constructively retrieves St. Anselm of Canterbury’s theory of retributive justice and provides a defense of what can be called the retributive model of hell. In the first part of this article, we develop the place of retributive punishment in Anselm’s thinking and discuss how and when...
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This article constructively retrieves St. Anselm of Canterbury’s theory of retributive justice and provides a defense of what can be called the retributive model of hell. In the first part of this article, we develop the place of retributive punishment in Anselm’s thinking and discuss how and when retributive punishment is a good thing. In the second part, we apply Anselm’s thinking on retributive justice to the problem of hell and provide a defense of how hell, defined as a state of receiving retributive, damnatory, and irreversible punishment, is good. We then address a series of objections. Despite some criticism that both Anselm and the retributive model of hell receive in the contemporary literature, Anselm’s account of retributive justice can make unique and constructive contributions to the contemporary discussion of hell; by retrieving and applying Anselm’s thought to the problem of hell, we intend to kill two birds with one stone.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b3c4243695e4b09bff27c78c5d560892023-12-19T08:12:30ZdeuCatholic University of LouvainTheoLogica2593-02652023-12-018110.14428/thl.v8i1.67653An Anselmian Defense of HellT. Parker Haratine0Kevin A. Smith1University of South Carolina, AikenBaylor University This article constructively retrieves St. Anselm of Canterbury’s theory of retributive justice and provides a defense of what can be called the retributive model of hell. In the first part of this article, we develop the place of retributive punishment in Anselm’s thinking and discuss how and when retributive punishment is a good thing. In the second part, we apply Anselm’s thinking on retributive justice to the problem of hell and provide a defense of how hell, defined as a state of receiving retributive, damnatory, and irreversible punishment, is good. We then address a series of objections. Despite some criticism that both Anselm and the retributive model of hell receive in the contemporary literature, Anselm’s account of retributive justice can make unique and constructive contributions to the contemporary discussion of hell; by retrieving and applying Anselm’s thought to the problem of hell, we intend to kill two birds with one stone. https://www.bdd.rdplf.org/index.php/theologica/article/view/67653Anselm, Retributive Justice, Hell, Punishment, Order, Goodness, Moral Desert |
| spellingShingle | T. Parker Haratine Kevin A. Smith An Anselmian Defense of Hell TheoLogica Anselm, Retributive Justice, Hell, Punishment, Order, Goodness, Moral Desert |
| title | An Anselmian Defense of Hell |
| title_full | An Anselmian Defense of Hell |
| title_fullStr | An Anselmian Defense of Hell |
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| title_short | An Anselmian Defense of Hell |
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| topic | Anselm, Retributive Justice, Hell, Punishment, Order, Goodness, Moral Desert |
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