redemption

religion

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Asian religions

  • Last Judgment tympanum
    In eschatology: Religions of Asia

    Redemption is popularly viewed as entrance into the highest heaven of the god worshiped, where the redeemed await a spiritual reflection of earthly joy. In modern Hinduism the soul that is identical with God is redeemed through a recognition of the organic wholeness that has…

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Christian Science

  • Christian Science Center
    In Christian Science: Beliefs and practices

    ” Redemption from sin is basic to salvation, because sin in all its forms is a denial of God’s sovereignty predicated on the belief that life, will, and mind evolve from matter rather than from spirit. At the same time Eddy, unlike some of her more…

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Christianity: the Holy Trinity

  • mosaic: Christianity
    In Christianity: Attempts to define the Trinity

    The redemption of humanity from sin and death is only then guaranteed if Christ is total God and total human being, if the complete essence of God penetrates human nature right into the deepest layer of its carnal corporeality. Only if God in the full meaning…

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Judaic tradition

Origen

  • In Origen: Theological System of Origen

    ) Redemption is a grand education by providence, restoring all souls to their original blessedness, for none, not even Satan, is so depraved and has so lost rationality and freedom as to be beyond redemption. God never coerces, though with reformative intention he may punish. His…

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view of Peale

  • Norman Vincent Peale
    In Norman Vincent Peale

    …ideas of sin, suffering, and redemption. In addition, Peale was known for his support for conservative political causes. While the height of Peale’s popularity was in the 1950s, his message influenced such later evangelical Christian leaders as Robert Schuller, Joel Osteen, and T.D. Jakes. Peale won numerous honours, most notably…

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