Basil Atkinson
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.[1][2]
Atkinson was most notable for his advocacy of soul sleep and conditional immortality.[3] 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.[4]
See also
- Annihilationism, the belief of some Christians that the unsaved ultimately cease to exist
References
- ^ Alan Pibworth, "Basil Atkinson" webpage, 10/03/01
- ^ Obituary in Grace Magazine
- ^ Basil F. C. Atkinson, Life and Immortality: an Examination of the Nature and Meaning of Life and Death as They Are Revealed in the Scriptures Taunton, England
- ^ Pibworth: "It is in this book that Wenham says "I had learnt the doctrine from Basil Atkinson (as recounted in Chapter 8) [of his autobiography, Facing Hell] in about 1934". The role of Basil Atkinson, conditional immortality and other evangelicals is discussed extensively in Wenham's autobiography. Wenham states that J. Stafford Wright, Robert Clark and Norman Anderson and Michael Green also shared conditional immortality views. It is worth noting that they also all studied at Cambridge."
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 DjVu
- Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment. Houston: Providential Press, 1982, p407
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