(The Conversation) — The idea of an afterlife as a moral tool goes back to the Greeks, but in present times, the concept of eternal perdition has radically changed. Although many of us now associate ...

Belief in eternal punishment in a literal hell is declining among Christians in America. By contrast, belief in heaven is in great shape. In a National Geographic article published earlier this month ...

This article originally appeared on the Conversation. The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn't surprising, since ...

Just 20% of people believe in hell. Still, early Christian ideas about the underworld — and who is punished there — echo in society today, religious studies scholar Meghan Henning writes in her new ...

Martyn Iles, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, dodged the question this week when asked by Lisa Wilkinson on The Sunday Project if he believed that homosexuals go to hell.

Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who believe in the fiery down under has dropped from 71 percent to 58 percent. Heaven, by contrast, fares much better and, among Christians, remains an ...

The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn’t surprising, since the belief in an afterlife, where the virtuous are ...