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What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized, John Sanders (Editor), Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1995, 5.5x8.25" softbound, 167 pages. ISBN: 0830816062

What is the fate of those who die never hearing the gospel? Do Hindus, Jews, agnostics and others who do not profess faith in Christ really suffer damnation after death? These and similar questions have long been contemplated by people from every religious persuasion and every walk of life. But in a culture of increasing diversity and growing doubt in the existence of "objective truth," it seems ever more pressing.

In this book three scholars present the span of evangelical conviction on the destiny of the unevangelized. Ronald Nash argues the restrictivist position, that receptive knowledge of Jesus Christ in this life is necessary to salvation. Gabriel Fackre advocates divine perseverance, with the expectation that those who die unevangelized receive an opportunity for salvation after death. And John Sanders sets forth the inclusivist case--asserting that though God saves people only through the work of Jesus Christ, some may be saved even if they do not know about Christ.

As each scholar presents his own case and responds to strengths and weaknesses of differing positions, readers are treated to a lively and informative debate. What About Those Who Have Never Heard? is a truly helpful book on one of today's--and every day's--most crucial questions.

Contents:

Introduction to What About Those Who Have Never Heard? Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized - John Sanders

Inclusivism - John Sanders

Responses by Gabriel Fackre and Ronald H. Nash

Divine Perseverance - Gabriel Fackre

Responses by Ronald H. Nash and John Sanders

Restrictivism - Ronald H. Nash

Responses by John Sanders and Gabriel Fackre

Notes

Suggestions for Further Reading

Sanders (Th.D., University of South Africa) is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana. He has edited and written several books. Three of his previous book projects have received a Christianity Today Book Award.

Fackre is professor of theology at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Nash is professor of theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida.

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