The Coming Deliverer: Millennial Themes in World ReligionsFiona Bowie, Christopher Deacy With the approach of the year 2000, millennial fever is on the increase. People are excited and sometimes afraid of change. The essays in this volume explore the theme of the coming deliverer in different religious traditions, using insights drawn from religious studies, theology and anthropology. |
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... deliverer in a variety of religious traditions , in some of which , as in Buddhism or Sikhism , for instance ... deliverer have been conceived within a specific tradition or at a particular period , while others provide detailed case ...
... deliverer in a variety of religious traditions , in some of which , as in Buddhism or Sikhism , for instance ... deliverer have been conceived within a specific tradition or at a particular period , while others provide detailed case ...
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... Deliverer is thought of collectively in terms of the community of the righteous , that is , persons who embody the qualities inspired by the divine entities in their acts . They are referred to as the future deliverers ( saoshyants ) ...
... Deliverer is thought of collectively in terms of the community of the righteous , that is , persons who embody the qualities inspired by the divine entities in their acts . They are referred to as the future deliverers ( saoshyants ) ...
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... deliverer , to rid them of foreign oppression , but the form of deliverance and the kind of deliverer expected varied enormously from one group of Jews to another.3 Some expected God to act directly in a supernatural , miraculous way ...
... deliverer , to rid them of foreign oppression , but the form of deliverance and the kind of deliverer expected varied enormously from one group of Jews to another.3 Some expected God to act directly in a supernatural , miraculous way ...
Contents
Deliverance and human destiny | 27 |
Maitreya the Buddhist Messiah | 43 |
The coming deliverer a Sikh perspective | 60 |
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