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title:Salvation and the Perfect Society : The Eternal Quest
author:Braunthal, Alfred.
publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin:0870232738
print isbn13:9780870232732
ebook isbn13:9780585225593
language:English
subjectSalvation--Comparative studies, Utopias, Religions, Humanism.
publication date:1979
lcc:BL476.B7 1979eb
ddc:291.2/2
subject:Salvation--Comparative studies, Utopias, Religions, Humanism.
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Salvation and the Perfect Society
The Eternal Quest
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Alfred Braunthal
The University of Massachusetts Press
Amherst, 1979
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Copyright 1979 by
The University of Massachusetts Press
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 79-4705
ISBN 0-87023-273-8
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
appear on the last printed page of this book.
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To my family
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Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
xi
I. Salvation on Earth
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1. Material Salvation
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2. The Societal Aspects of Salvation
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3. The Ethical Aspects of Salvation
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4. Collective and Individual Retribution
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5. The Problem of Theodicy
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6. National Salvation through Purification
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7. The Jewish Vision: Eschatological Salvation
22
II. Salvation from Suffering and from Rebirth
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1. Vedas and Upanishads
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2. Jainism and Theravada Buddhism
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3. Bhakti Hinduism
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4. Mahayana Buddhism
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5. The Way of China
55
III. Ultimate Salvation: Life after Death
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1. Salvation in Ancient Egypt
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2. Zoroastrianism
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3. Greek Salvationary Beliefs
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4. The Mystery Religions
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