Religion as Salvation

By Harris Franklin Rall

Table of Contents

  Title Page
  Preface
     Part One - Man
Chapter 1 Current Conceptions of Man
Chapter 2

The Origin and Nature of Man

  • The Origin of Man
  • The Distinctive Nature of Man
  • The Principle of Individuality
Chapter 3

The Likeness of God in Man

  • Man's Kinship with God
  • Human Nature in Its Possibilities
Chapter 4

Moral Freedom

  • Determinism
  • What Freedom Involves
     Part Two - Sin
Chapter 5

The Nature of Sin

  • The Fact of Sin
  • Conceptions of Sin
  • The Nature of Goodness
  • The Christian Conception of Sin
  • Social Sin
Chapter 6

The Origin and Propagation of Sin

  • The Origin of Sin
  • The Propagation of Sin
Chapter 7

The Consequences of Sin: Guilt and Punishment

  • The Consequences of Sin
  • Guilt
  • The Punishment of Sin
  • The Purposes of Punishment
     Part Three - Salvation
Chapter 8

The Meaning of Salvation

  • The Place of Salvation in Religion
  • The Meaning of Salvation
  • Ways of Salvation
  • Education and Salvation
Chapter 9

Salvation in Individual Life and Experience

  • Salvation as Personal
  • Salvation as Life
  • Grace
  • Repentance Faith
  • Forgiveness, Justification, and Reconciliation
Chapter 10

Christ and Man's Salvation

  • The New Testament Teaching
  • The Church's Doctrine of the Work of Christ
  • The Meaning of Christ for Salvation
Chapter 11

The Remaking of Man

  • Man's Making and Remaking
  • Conversion—Regeneration
  • Sanctification: The Meaning
  • Sanctification: The Way
Chapter 12

The Ways of Help

  • The Means of Grace
  • The Way of Prayer and Worship
  • The Way of the Word
  • The Common Life as a Means of Grace
Chapter 13

Symbol and Sacrament

  • The Use of Symbol
  • Sacraments
  • Baptism
  • The Lord's Supper
Chapter 14

The Work of the Spirit

  • The Holy Spirit and the Concept of God
  • The Spirit in the Teaching of Paul
  • The Significance of the Doctrine of the Spirit
  • How Men May Receive the Spirit
Chapter 15

The Church

  • The Nature of the Church
  • The Function of the Church
  • The Church Divine and Human
Chapter 16

Salvation in History: The Meaning

  • The Meaning of Historical-Social Salvation
  • Philosophies of History
Chapter 17

Salvation in History: The Christian Doctrine

  • The Goal of God
  • The Way of God
Chapter 18

What May We Hope For?

  • The Kingdom of God on Earth
  • The Life to Come
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