Hell

The notion that hell is everlasting and also a place of unending suffering inevitably gives rise to the following question for theists: how could an omnipotent, all-good and all-loving God allow anyone to suffer the torments of hell for eternity? The problem of hell is arguably the most severe form of the problem of evil because the evil found in hell is eternal with no possibility for redemption. Thus, the doctrine of hell gives rise to a moral problem caused by the apparent...
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The notion that hell is everlasting and also a place of unending suffering inevitably gives rise to the following question for theists: how could an omnipotent, all-good and all-loving God allow anyone to suffer the torments of hell for eternity? The problem of hell is arguably the most severe form of the problem of evil because the evil found in hell is eternal with no possibility for redemption. Thus, the doctrine of hell gives rise to a moral problem caused by the apparent incompatibility between God's goodness and everlasting torment in hell. There have been several attempts to shore up the doctrine of hell in the face of this problem.

Love focuses on 'universalist' attempts to face problem and, in particular, on three contemporary philosophers who defend universal salvation: John Hick, Thomas Talbott and Marilyn McCord Adams. She argues that they fail in their attempts to make a plausible case for universalism. One of her chief criticisms is that there is significant tension between their universalist accounts and the value of human freedom.