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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology
By considering transformative ideas and experiences which are
explicitly articulated or implicitly structured in languages of
religion and spirituality, Alternative Salvations probes concepts
including 'religious', 'secular', 'spiritual', 'post-Christian',
and 'post-secular', providing a series of studies which question
the functionality of these broad categories. Part one draws on
contemporary salvation narratives showing how current cultural
forms, social practices and secular discourses are influenced by,
or are interpreted through, the lens of religious and theological
accounts of salvation. Examples include twelve step recovery
programs, drug culture, and public policy surrounding HIV-AIDs in
Kenya. Although outside traditional religious contexts, the
contributors show ways in which they are not free from religious
symbolism. Part two explores alternative accounts of salvation
rooted in religious traditions. Established orthodoxies are
confronted by contemporary critical questions, for example about
gender, the status of animals, and the political dimensions of
salvation. By contributing new perspectives and unique case
studies, Alternative Salvations provides a deliberate challenge to
easy binaries which often underpin contemporary and traditional
discourses of salvation.
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The Greatest Hymns
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George C (George Coles) 1 Stebbins, R a (Reuben Archer) 1856-1 Torrey
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Tomorrow's God
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Robert N. Goldman; Edited by Mary L Radnofsky; Preface by Judith Ann Goldman
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The Book of Baruch is a Bible pseudepigrapha; a deuterocanonical
work attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe of the prophet
Jeremiah. The Assumption of Moses is a Jewish apocryphal work
concerning hidden prophecies that Moses revealed to Joshua prior to
the latter inheriting his leadership of the ancient Jews. Together
these works constitute typical examples of popular Biblical texts
which are extra-canonical; most Christian and Jewish groups do not
regard their contents as true. Their origins are definitively
proven to be several centuries after the time they purport to be
from. However, theological scholars have expressed some interest,
particularly given the time and context of the writing; being as
these pseudepigrapha are old texts, they themselves carry value.
This edition contains a lengthy, explanatory introduction by W. O.
E. Oesterley, and the well-regarded translations of Bible scholars
R. H. Charles (for Baruch) and William John Ferrar (for Moses).
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