Compassionate Exclusivism: Relational Atonement and Post-Mortem Salvation

Faithful persons tend to relate their religious beliefs as truth claims, particularly inasmuch have soteriological implications for those of different religions. For Christians the particular claims which matter most in this regard are made by Jesus Nazareth and his primarily relational nature. I propose a model we understand divine grace from being mediated through knowledge him on compassionately exclusivist basis, including post-mortem. Supporting model, draw Eleonore Stump’s hypothesis her 2018 Atonement that crucifixion opens psyche all human psyches sufficiently salvific mutual indwelling occur, Gavin D’Costa’s conception descensus Christi ad inferos mechanism grace’s accessibility post-mortem presented 2009 Christianity World Religions. This seeks address ongoing, justified pastoral concern status non-Christians while still treating objectively true.