Jan Lindhardt is a Danish theologian and writer. He is the son of professor dr.theol.

Doctor of Theology

Doctor of Theology is a terminal academic degree in theology. It is a research degree that is considered by the U.S. National Science Foundation to be the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy....

 Poul Georg Lindhardt and Gerda Winding. He is the older brother of the minister Mogens Lindhardt, and uncle to actor Thure Lindhardt

Thure Lindhardt

Thure Lindhardt is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theater in 1998....

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He was cand.theol.

Cand.theol.

Candidatus theologiæ , Candidata theologiæ , abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six year higher education in theology in Denmark and Norway. In Norway, the title has remained after the "Quality Reform", though it is equivalent to a Master of...

 from Copenhagen University in 1962, dr.theol. 1983. He was Bishop of Roskilde Diocese 1997-2008.

Opinions

Lindhart is often used in television and newspapers to comment on developments in the state church and explain to people ecclesiastical matters.

He, alongside Jacob Holm of the Fredenskirken in Viby J

Viby J

Viby is a district in the southwestern part of Aarhus with almost 30,000 inhabitants. The "J" stands for Jutland, as there is another town called Viby on the island of Zealand called Viby Sj. It is primarily a working class area, including many immigrants who also live in Viby J...

, holds the opinion that Hell

Hell

In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...

 in the traditional Christian (and Muslim) concept does not exist (rejecting eternal punishment in Hell), and that the Danish National Church's concept should instead regard a more universalist

Universalism

Universalism in its primary meaning refers to religious, theological, and philosophical concepts with universal application or applicability...

 doctrine. Such opinion is rejected by the fundamentalist Inner Mission

The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark

The Churchly Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark , or in short Inner Mission is a conservative Lutheran Christian organisation in Denmark. It is the largest revival movement within the Danish National Church. Despite its name, people do not belong to the Inner Mission as members separate...

organization.