Basil Atkinson
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Dr. Basil Ferris Campbell Atkinson (1875–1970s) was the under-librarian of the University of Cambridge
from 1925 to 1960, and a writer on theology.
Atkinson was most notable for his advocacy of soul sleep and conditional immortality
. within the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
(CICCU) and the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) in the 1920s where he influenced, among others, John F. Wenham
.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
from 1925 to 1960, and a writer on theology.
Atkinson was most notable for his advocacy of soul sleep and conditional immortality
Conditional immortality
In Christian theology, conditionalism or conditional immortality is a concept of special salvation in which the gift of immortality is attached to belief in Jesus Christ. This doctrine is based in part upon another theological argument, that if the human soul is naturally mortal, immortality is...
. within the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
The Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as CICCU, was the first university Christian Union and is the University of Cambridge's most prominent student Christian organisation. It was formed in 1877, but can trace its origins back to the formation of the Jesus Lane Sunday...
(CICCU) and the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) in the 1920s where he influenced, among others, John F. Wenham
John Wenham
John W. Wenham was an Anglican Bible scholar. Born in 1913, he devoted his professional life to academic and pastoral work. He died February 13, 1996 at age 82 after a series of debilitating strokes....
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See also
- AnnihilationismAnnihilationismAnnihilationism is a Christian belief that apart from salvation the death of human beings results in their total destruction rather than their everlasting torment. It is directly related to the doctrine of conditional immortality, the idea that a human soul is not immortal unless it is given...
, the belief of some Christians that the unsaved ultimately cease to exist
Further reading
- John Wenham, "The Case for Conditional Immortality" in Nigel M. de S. Cameron, ed., Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992, p162–163
- Le Roy Froom, The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, volume 2, especially p881–888
- Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment. Houston: Providential Press, 1982, p407