Purgatory the logic of total transformation - Walls, Jerry L. (Oxford Oxford University Press, 2012)
A short history of purgatory -- Protestant objections and alternatives to purgatory -- Models of purgatory -- Personal identity, time, and purgatory -- Purgatory and theories of a "second chance" -- C.S. Lewis and the prospect of mere purgatory -- Conclusion: Looking forward by looking back.
Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)-- Notre Dame, 2010.
Companion to: Hell : the logic of damnation (1992).
Companion to: Heaven: The logic of eternal joy (2002).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Purgatory