Jerry L. Walls (PhD, University of Notre Dame), a world-class expert on the afterlife and a sought-after speaker, has written for Christianity Today, First Things, and Christian Century. He has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation and in the documentary film Hellbound? Walls, professor of philosophy and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, is the coauthor of Why I Am Not a Calvinist and the Christianity Today Book Award Winner Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality. He has authored or edited a dozen books, including a trilogy on the afterlife--Hell: The Logic of Damnation, Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, and Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Heaven, Trinity, and the Meaning of Life2. Consolation Measures When the Dream Has Died3. If God Is Love, Why Is There a Hell?4. If We Are Saved by Grace, Why Do We Need Purgatory?5. Saving Souls and/or Bodies: Personal Identity in the Afterlife6. Wiping Away Every Tear? The Afterlife and the Problem of Evil7. Ultimate Motivation: Heaven, Hell, and the Ground of Morality8. His Mercy Endures Forever--Even beyond the Grave?Conclusion: "Can You Believe It?"Index

Jerry L. Walls (PhD, University of Notre Dame), a world-class expert on the afterlife and a sought-after speaker, has written for Christianity Today, First Things, and Christian Century. He has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation and in the documentary film Hellbound? Walls, professor of philosophy and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, is the coauthor of Why I Am Not a Calvinist and the Christianity Today Book Award Winner Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality. He has authored or edited a dozen books, including a trilogy on the afterlife--Hell: The Logic of Damnation, Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, and Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Heaven, Trinity, and the Meaning of Life2. Consolation Measures When the Dream Has Died3. If God Is Love, Why Is There a Hell?4. If We Are Saved by Grace, Why Do We Need Purgatory?5. Saving Souls and/or Bodies: Personal Identity in the Afterlife6. Wiping Away Every Tear? The Afterlife and the Problem of Evil7. Ultimate Motivation: Heaven, Hell, and the Ground of Morality8. His Mercy Endures Forever--Even beyond the Grave?Conclusion: "Can You Believe It?"Index

Jerry L. Walls (PhD, University of Notre Dame), a world-class expert on the afterlife and a sought-after speaker, has written for Christianity Today, First Things, and Christian Century. He has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation and in the documentary film Hellbound? Walls, professor of philosophy and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, is the coauthor of Why I Am Not a Calvinist and the Christianity Today Book Award Winner Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality. He has authored or edited a dozen books, including a trilogy on the afterlife--Hell: The Logic of Damnation, Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, and Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Heaven, Trinity, and the Meaning of Life2. Consolation Measures When the Dream Has Died3. If God Is Love, Why Is There a Hell?4. If We Are Saved by Grace, Why Do We Need Purgatory?5. Saving Souls and/or Bodies: Personal Identity in the Afterlife6. Wiping Away Every Tear? The Afterlife and the Problem of Evil7. Ultimate Motivation: Heaven, Hell, and the Ground of Morality8. His Mercy Endures Forever--Even beyond the Grave?Conclusion: "Can You Believe It?"Index