For some people, hell is a place of eternal punishment. For others, it's merely a stepping stone on the way to redemption.
In this episode, we'll be exploring the idea of hell, its different interpretations, and what happens in each one.
- Defining hell and its interpretations in different religions
- Ancient Egyptian beliefs: judgment in the afterlife, weighing of the heart
- Ancient Greek beliefs: the Underworld and Tartarus
- Jewish beliefs: Sheol and Gehinnom as places of the dead and purification
- Christian beliefs: multiple interpretations of hell, references in the Bible
- Dante's Inferno
- Islamic beliefs: Jahannam, seven circles of hell, fiery punishments
- The ethical "Problem of Hell" and its theological implications
- Alternative perspectives: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and the absence of hell
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/what-is-hell
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