Many argue that an all-loving and good God cannot permit anyone to end up in hell. The author shows that this issue of God's permission of hell has an intimate connection with age-old questions regarding why God would permit sin. Indeed, focus on why an all-loving and good God would permit hell is the best lens through which to explain sin.

James Dominic Rooney, OP, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University, a Fellow of the Angelicum Thomistic Institute (Rome, Italy), and Research Fellow of the HKBU Centre for Sino-Christian Studies. A Dominican friar of the Province of St. Albert the Great (Chicago, IL), he works primarily in metaphysics, medieval philosophy, and Chinese philosophy. He also has significant research interests in philosophy of religion and political philosophy. His recent book is Beyond Classical Liberalism: Freedom and the Good (2024, co-edited with Patrick Zoll).

1: Hellish Conditions and Confusions 2: Persons, Not Parts 3: A Fresh Start 4: Merely Foreknown 5: Predestined to Hope