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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Brazos Press (February 3, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1587433567
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587433566
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsEven If You Disagree On Some Parts, It Is Extremely Thought-Provoking
By Nick Peters on January 26, 2015
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In the interest of fairness, I want it to be known that Brazos Press did send me a review copy and I consider Jerry Walls a friend.

When I first heard about Jerry Walls, I thought he was a Catholic.

Not because I’m anti-Catholic! Not at all! With my philosophy, I’m a Thomist in my philosophy and a reader of people like G.K. Chesterton and Peter Kreeft. I’d just heard that he’d written a book about Purgatory and thought that was the case. I was surprised a bit when I found out he was a Protestant just as I am. I suspect with this book out, some people would be surprised to learn that this is a protestant view of the cosmic drama, as he describes it.

But yes, Walls is very much Protestant. Picking out his position I find is interesting. The book is not about soteriology per se, but yet his strong position against Calvinism is noted. It’s more really about eschatology, but he is one of those rare people that you can talk about his position in eschatology and you don’t mean the one we normally mean, such as what is the view on the rapture or the Olivet Discourse. This is all about our personal eschatology. What happens to us when we die.

Walls is familiar with this seeing as he wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on Hell, and I can hardly imagine what it would be like to have to give a defense of your view that Hell is a justifiable doctrine. While I think it is, it is not the kind of position I would want to do a Ph.D. dissertation on, yet Walls did so and it looks like he managed to defend Hell in light of some of the best antagonism, so he has something to say.

Yet this time, he rightly starts with Heaven. What is Heaven. How will it be for us? Walls rightly shows that we Christians need to spend more time thinking about this doctrine.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThoughtful and provocative
By Jason on March 27, 2015
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Jerry Walls, who has published widely on Christianity’s teaching on the afterlife (though this is not a uniform concept), here seeks to articulate and defend a Protestant view of purgatory.

Early on, Walls makes a couple of astute points that are more commonly found in academic circles, but are still struggling to find a foothold in the church. For one, Walls comments that “popular writing about the afterlife is often sentimental, simplistic, and emotionally manipulative” (14). This is especially evidenced by the flood of journey-to-heaven books and movies to the Christian media market.

In his seven truths about heaven (based on Revelation 19–22), Walls dismisses the notion that heaven is an escape from earth. Redemption concerns more than just human souls—it concerns the entire cosmos (30). I have come around to this particular view of salvation, that God’s work of redemption in/through Christ entails the preparation of those who have been justified by faith in Christ for the fullest realization of the kingdom of God—the redemption of the created order as the dwelling place of God.

On these (and other more general points) I found Walls’ arguments agreeable. However, the main idea of the book is that the concept of purgatory is a defensible position for Protestants to hold and Walls spends the first third of the book turning the soil into which he will plant, sow, and reap a Protestant view of purgatory. Walls suggests that every theology needs a purgatory, not just that of the Roman Catholic tradition (93). The assumption underlying this idea is that prior to “entry” into heaven (which I take to simply the entry into God’s immediate presence) souls are still stained with sin, thus, they need to be fully purged.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsvaluable discussions and addresses many practical concerns
By A&J Torrey on March 20, 2015
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A title like Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory: A Protestant View of the Cosmic Drama provokes interest. The idea of a Protestant purgatory is not novel (as is proven by Walls) but certainly uncommon to many ears. As an important element of Catholic theology rejected in the Reformation, a Protestant doctrine of purgatory might sound like an oxymoron. Hence the natural interest many will have in this title by theologian/philosophy Jerry L. Walls. HPP distills three academic books spanning a decade proving Wells is no novice on these issues (16). This is no half-baked publication from an emerging theologian. This level of understanding and writing makes HPP lucid, enjoyable, and provocative.

Despite some presumptions about the subject matter, HHP is not dry doctrinal reflection on an unimportant doctrine. While Walls does provide general introductions to the doctrines of heaven (chapter 1), hell (chapter 3), and purgatory (chapter 4), he also explains how these ideas undergird morality (chapter 7), hope (chapter 6), and even definitions of personhood (chapter 5). The existence of heaven and hell is immensely practical. Even Walls’ presentation of purgatory is practical in nature.

Acknowledging the Reformation’s departure from the Catholic, satisfaction view of purgatory (91-93), Walls presents a sanctification view of purgatory that is generally congruent with a Protestant idea of justification by faith alone (99-105). This concept of sanctifying (transforming) purgatory is obviously helpful to Walls’ theology as he seeks to explain how the worst of sinner (e.g. Hilter, child rapists, etc.) will be transformed alongside repentance before reaching heaven (149-153).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDescription of heaven is best part

I appreciated the thinking on the nature of heaven the most. It lead me to several other authors who write about interacting with our loved ones being part of it. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent. Clear. Intriguing.

I loved the clarity of this book. The doctrines on purgatory, hell, and Heaven are difficult to understand and purgatory in particular may sound a little silly at first. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Ysais A Martinez
5.0 out of 5 starsAfter reading through this book once, I now intend ...

After reading through this book once, I now intend to re-read it, more slowly, A lot of food for thought, and for re-thinking those thoughts.

Published 3 months ago by Granny
5.0 out of 5 starsHeaven & Hell – Amen. Purgatory – Interesting.

Let me say first that Jerry Walls has a very engaging writing style – probably important to emphasize since he is a professor of philosophy and a scholar. He writes well. Read more

Published 6 months ago by FaithThatTakes
5.0 out of 5 starsClear, concise, refreshing take on the subject

'Heaven, Hell and Purgatory' offers a concise, clear exposition of the doctrines of these three aspects of the afterlife, written specifically with the non-professional reader in... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Unclelee83
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Published 14 months ago by Book Reader
4.0 out of 5 starsYes, Purgatory ... and before you Protest too loudly :)

Some really good food for thought in this little book. Our conception of and belief in Heaven and Hell are critically reviewed. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Nathaniel Dean
5.0 out of 5 starsA Protestant Philosophical Support for Purgatory

Walls makes an observation that what is fundamental to human motivation is the desire for happiness (20). Read more

Published 15 months ago by Paul Nierengarten
4.0 out of 5 starsPurgatory for Protestants?

This is a worthwhile read from a truly interesting Christian philosopher. Here we have in one place reflections that Walls has previously published in separate volumes. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Drew
4.0 out of 5 starsNot Fully Convinced but More Open

Recently, there has been a spate of books and publications that spooked the interest on heaven, hell, and in some cases, the doctrine of purgatory. Read more

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