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A Cultural Theology of Salvation

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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • 14.3 x 21.9 x 2.1 cm

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For those seeking fresh insights on salvation today.

A Cultural Theology of Salvation connects faith and culture.

You’ll understand salvation in today’s world better.

Discover how Clive Marsh connects Christian salvation with modern culture in this engaging exploration of theology through art, music, and popular media.

There aren't many serious works of systematic theology which engage with Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory, Crazy Heart, theories of capital and positive psychology, as well as the Isenheim Altarpiece and Handel's Messiah. This lively, contemporary study of salvation does precisely that. Christian doctrine cannot simply repeat what has gone before, even as it recognises the value and richness of the traditions Christianity carries with it. Clive Marsh acknowledges this in exploring how doctrine interweaves with life experience and cultural consumption.
A Cultural Theology of Salvation considers how salvation is to be understood and articulated now, when the theme of 'redemption' appears outside of Christianity in the arts and popular culture. Marsh also assesses whether contemporary interest in 'happiness' has anything to do with salvation. The first part of the book sets the enquiry in the context of how theology operates as a discipline, and the cultural climate in which theology has to be done. The second part offers a number of case-studies (in art, music, TV, film, positive psychology, and economic life) exploring how the concerns of a doctrine of salvation are addressed directly and indirectly in Western culture. The third part distils the results of the case-studies in formulating a contemporary exposition of salvation, and concludes by showing what this means in practice.

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Christ in Focus: Radical Christocentricism in Christian TheologyA Cultural Theology of Salvation

  • Title

    A Cultural Theology of Salvation

  • Author

    Clive Marsh

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press, USA

  • Published

    December 2018

  • Weight

    436g

  • Dimensions

    14.3 x 21.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198811015

  • ISBN-10

    0198811012

  • Eden Code

    4684209

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