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A cultural theology of salvation /

Clive Marsh offers a contemporary Christian understanding of salvation. He shows how salvation is understood and articulated now, when 'redemption' language is widely used outside of Christianity, and when redemptive experiences are reported in response to the arts, popular culture, media,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsh, Clive (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Jesus Christ
Salvation > Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Salut > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Christianity and culture
Christology
Salvation > Christianity
Theology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I : Salvation as cultural theology
  • 1. Happiness, redemption, and flourishing
  • 2. Cultural theology after Tillich
  • Part II : Salvation within western culture
  • 3. Salvation in art and music
  • Salvation in film and television
  • Salvation in counselling and comedy
  • Salvation in capital and money
  • Part III : Salvation reworked
  • 7. The shape of soteriology
  • 8. Salvation in contemporary Christian understanding
  • Conclusion : what, then, is salvation?