Hell

Hell is a realm or condition of punishment or separation from the divine after death. Its nature and duration differ across religious traditions.

Afterlife: Existence or experience believed to continue after bodily death. Hell is one possible destination or condition within beliefs about existence after death.
Universalism: The theological view that all people will ultimately attain salvation or reconciliation with God. Universalism rejects the idea that anyone remains eternally lost in hell.
Gehenna: A term in Jewish and Christian texts associated with divine judgment and punishment after death. It became a major source for Christian language and imagery about hell.
Christian views of hell: The diverse Christian teachings about postmortem punishment, exclusion, and final judgment. Christian traditions differ over hell's duration, inhabitants, and relation to salvation.
Eternal conscious torment: The doctrine that the damned remain conscious and suffer without end after death. It is a prominent interpretation of hell's duration and the fate of the condemned.
Divine justice: The belief that a deity's actions and judgments are ultimately just. Hell is often understood as a consequence of divine judgment.
Annihilationism: The doctrine that the wicked ultimately cease to exist rather than suffer forever. It replaces everlasting conscious punishment with final destruction.
Hades: In Greek religion, the underworld and its ruler; the term also appears in Christian texts for the realm of the dead. Its varied use influenced distinctions between the dead's realm and final punishment.
Jahannam: The Islamic term for the abode of punishment in the afterlife. Islamic teachings describe Jahannam through their own scriptural and theological traditions.
Conditional immortality: The view that immortality is granted only to the saved, while others ultimately perish. It challenges whether hell entails the endless conscious existence of the condemned.

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