The Need and Opportunities for Philosophical Studies on Religions and Religious Movements by Robert T. Ptaszek

“…On the other hand, a philosopher can study religious doctrines without fear of such charges, as philosophy limits itself to rational considerations, does not refer to revealed truths, and does not proclaim any concept of salvation. In this text, I show what results the philosophical research of religious doctrines leads to, taking as an example doctrines of religious movements, which – in the opinion of their creators – constitute an alternative to Christianity. …”
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The Tragic Irony of a Patriotic Mission: The Indigenous Leadership of Francis Wei and T. C. Chao, Radicalized Patriotism, and the Reversal of Protestant Missions in China by Li Ma, Jin Li

“…Motivated by a patriotic zeal for the national salvation of China, in the 1910s, US-trained Chinese intellectuals like Francis Wei and T. …”
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Sacrifice and the New Testament by Christian Eberhart

“…It also discusses the meaning of sacrificial terminology for the ethical behaviour of Christian communities. Overall, the NT presents salvation in Christ with multi-faceted resourcefulness, drawing on cultic rituals from the temple, texts from the Hebrew Bible (HB)/Old Testament (OT) like Deutero-Isaiah’s song of the suffering servant, martyrdom traditions from early Judaism and Greek drama, and the sphere of military campaigns and slavery in the Graeco-Roman environment.…”
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The growth and distribution of the Latter Saint Church [sic] in Wales, 1840-1860 by Ratcliffe, M, Ratcliffe, Michael

“…The social climate in which its doctrines originated is discussed, with reference to the characteristics of radical Christianity noted above. These include: doctrines concerning the priesthood; salvation; the United Order, which provided the basis of Mormon communism; and the progression of men to godhood.…”

The Doctrine of Exemplarism: A Symbolic Attempt to Escape the Pelagian Heresy by Liran Shia Gordon

“…The Pelagian heresy touches on one of the central tenets of Christian theology: the question of salvation. Pelagianism posits that human beings retain freedom of the will and, more specifically, the capacity to earn salvation through their own merits rather than relying solely on the grace of God in Christ. …”
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Objawienie w teologii patrystycznej by Marian Rusecki

“… The issue of his article is the reflection of the Divine Revelation that had been started from the beginning of Patristic. The earliest Christians documents and the first Fathers of the Church both expressed the Revelation by words like: mystery, salvation, pedagogics. …”
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Review of Nazianzuslu Grigorius ve Kutsal Ruh’un Tanrılığı Meselesi, by Elif Tokay by Philip Dorrol

“…It is an insightful, accessible, and thorough examination of Gregory’s profound theological vision, the central argument of which is that the triune nature of God is revealed through God’s plan of salvation for humanity. Because his Trinitarian theology was fundamental to the development of Christian doctrine in general, Gregory’s importance in the history of Christianity cannot be overstated. …”
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Intertextual Inclusions in Russian Spiritual Epistolary Communication: Typology, Functions, Context by A. N. Smolina

“…The following features were revealed: (1) formation of meanings with the help of quotations, reminiscences and allusions, connected with the spiritual education of the addressee, his moral perfection, the creation of an inner man in himself, strengthening in faith, the study of the foundations of Christianity, the knowledge of church Orthodox life; (2) focus on Christian values: the gospel commandments, the doctrine of salvation, Christian virtues, and others; (3) prescribing perfection in acquiring mercy, humility, patience, obedience, sobriety, non-possession, repentance and other virtues, fighting sins, reading the Gospel and the writings of the holy fathers; an expression of evaluation of sweat in relation to sins and virtues, issues related to spiritual education and development, the fulfillment of church rules and Christian commandments, the achievement of soul salvation, following the instructions of confessors; (4) creation and strengthening of a common spiritual and religious space through the implementation of the iconic function of intertextual inclusions.…”
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Theology and Technology by Noreen L. Herzfeld

“…Each of these technologies raises both new ethical decisions and quandaries as well as questions central to Christian theology, such as the nature of the imago Dei, sin, salvation, and the eschaton.…”
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The Cult of the Dead in Late Antiquity: Towards a New Definition of the Relation between the Living and the Dead by Eric Rebillard

“…It is suggested that the reason why the Church did not take care of the memory of the dead is that it did not offer any aid for the salvation of the dead who were not baptized nor to those who did not merit this aid during their life. …”
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Through the vale of darkness history in South Malakula, Vanuatu by de Lannoy, J

“…<p>The thesis is a multi-vocal and localized history of the destruction of ancient Malakulan society through depopulation, migration and conversion, of the salvation of some people who gathered around Christian communities, and of the relationship of these people and their descendants to the places they have left and to the communities in which they now live.…”

The moral culture of the Scottish enlightenment 1690–1805 by Thomas Ahnert (Review) by Mills, R. J. W.

“…These clergymen wanted to get away from the orthodox idea of salvation sola fide, which viewed good conduct as a secondary element of Christianity. …”
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Jansenism, holy living and the Church of England: historical and comparative perspectives, c. 1640 - c. 1700 by Palmer, T

“…Where the Jansenists reasserted an Augustinian emphasis on the gratuity of salvation against Catholic theologians who over-valued the powers of human nature, the Anglican writers examined here, arguing against Protestant theologians who denied nature any moral potency, emphasised man’s contribution to his own salvation. …”

How to make the best Ganjang Gejang: The Missional Church Movement in Korea by Seung-hyun Chung

“… In Korean Christianity, interest in missional church has almost exploded in the past 15 years, with two main streams of ideas. …”
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Religion and Rationality by mehdi dashti

“…This applies to the conflict between the distorted Christianity and untrue rationality. On the contrary, there is no conflict between the true faith of Islam and the God-given rationality which are both sent to guide mankind to the right path. …”
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Reformation: Religious, Political and Social Consequences for Western Society by Humaira Ahmad

“…This led to the formation of hundreds of sects in Western Christianity. Salvation was sought outside the church. …”
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Fideizm Jana Kalwina w doktrynie podwójnej predestynacji by Antoni SZWED

“…In the end, Calvinism became a compromised Christianity and essentially contributed to the development of deism and atheism in Western European Countries in the eighteenth century.…”
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Buddhism as Teaching of the “Axial Age” in the Work of Alexander Men by Sergei A. Nizhnikov, Hong Phuong Le Thi

“…In the Indian worldview, he finds five essential principles that make Buddhism and Christianity related, despite all the difference in their positions: apophaticism, denial of the highest value of earthly goods, recognition of the high dignity of personal asceticism in spiritual life, the concept of “karma” as retribution (it is the aspect of retribution that is emphasized), the idea of salvation-liberation as the main goal of religion. …”
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Secularization, a valid category? A reappraisal of the Löwith-Blumenberg debate around the rise of modernity by Juan Torbidoni

“…His thesis holds that modern historical consciousness transposes into the immanent frame a constitutively transcendent element: the Christian history of salvation. In The Legitimacy of the Modern Age Hans Blumenberg impugns Löwith’s theory, by arguing that it works on the erroneous assumption that there would be a substantial content originally possessed by medieval Christianity and only later illegitimately appropriated by modernity. …”
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Secularization, a valid category? A reappraisal of the Löwith-Blumenberg debate around the rise of modernity by Juan Torbidoni

“…His thesis holds that modern historical consciousness transposes into the immanent frame a constitutively transcendent element: the Christian history of salvation. In The Legitimacy of the Modern Age Hans Blumenberg impugns Löwith’s theory, by arguing that it works on the erroneous assumption that there would be a substantial content originally possessed by medieval Christianity and only later illegitimately appropriated by modernity. …”
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