The idea of Christian Universalism is an idea of great interest to me as a Christian and as Pastor. I have read other books on Christian concepts of the afterlife with include eternal conscious torment, conditionalism/annihilation, and Christian Universalism. I have rated this book a 3/5 and I will share positives and negatives from my perspective.
Some of the positives...
1. The author lays a solid foundation for the topic they will cover.
2 It is clear to me that the author wanted to provide solid support for their stances they were communicating.
3. I enjoyed especially in the second half of the book where the author would take time after going into deep topics to share the main points of what was shared or the goals that were shared.

Some of the negatives...
1. In the book it talks about the various ways this book could be used and one of them is small group discussions. From working in the church for many years I think the way the information was communicated would be over many lay people's heads. I think they would get lost in the terminology.
2 My first point leads into my second which is I felt like the author wasn't quite sure who he wanted to gear this book towards. At times it felt like an indepth scholarly resource and other times it seemed they were trying to provide a resource for clergy, and other times it seemed they wanted it to be a small group study.
3. The book is good but there are other recommendations that I would recommend before this one.

A careful analysis of a difficult biblical subject, with an acknowledgement of the uncertainties and gray areas

(I received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)