Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Salvation and liberationBrowse BySalvation and liberationThis page groups beliefs by what they are actually about. Wikipedia notes that "to believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition 'snow is white.'" Browsing by subject lets a visitor find every belief built around the same underlying topic.FactsLearn MoreSalvation and liberationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe central affirmations of a tradition, stated one at a time. What counts as a core tenet is set by each tradition, and traditions differ over whether assent to stated propositions is what makes a member: creedal Christianity and Islam draw such lists explicitly, while Judaism, Hinduism and most Indigenous traditions do not. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 4Learn MoreThe core tenets This group gathers the core tenets of the traditions, the central affirmations and defining beliefs that stand at the heart of a religion or worldview, the doctrines a tradition holds as essential to its identity. It is the largest belief grouping in the atlas. The browser will find the core tenets the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each belief in its own terms, distinguishing what a tradition affirms of itself from the historical and comparative perspective of scholarship.Salvation and liberationFilter Results38 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllA minority position within the tradition (1)Binding, without a formal definition (27)Formally condemned by this tradition (3)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (2)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (3)Standard teaching, not formally defined (10)The mainstream position, not formally binding (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-480 (1)-100 (1)426 (1)600 (1)700 (1)1175 (1)1515 (1)1610 (1)1618 (1)1741 (1)1975 (1)Affirmation OfAllDzogchen (1)Justification (1)Mahamudra (1)Salvation (1)The Arhat Ideal (1)The Four Noble Truths (1)Theosis (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (16)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (4)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (4)Anabaptism (2)Anglican Communion (2)Anglicanism (2)Armenian Apostolic Church 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highest teachingSalvation and liberationEternal security of the believerSalvation and liberationJustification by faith alone (sola fide)Salvation and liberationKensho, seeing into one's own natureSalvation and liberationLamdre, the path and its fruitSalvation and liberationLiberation Comes Through Knowledge Rather Than Works or DevotionSalvation and liberationMahamudra, the Great SealSalvation and liberationMystical union with God (fana)Salvation and liberationOriginal enlightenment (hongaku)Salvation and liberationOther-power (tariki): liberation comes from Amida's vow and not from one's own effortSalvation and liberationPerfect holiness attained at conversionSalvation and liberationPractice and realization are oneSalvation and liberationPredestination and electionSalvation and liberationRadha's Love for Krishna Is the Highest Religious ConditionSalvation and liberationRecognition of One's Own Identity as Shiva Is LiberationSalvation and liberationSalvation by graceSalvation and liberationSalvation through faith in Amitabha BuddhaSalvation and liberationSelf-deification through XeperSalvation and liberationShinjin, entrusting faith, as the cause of birth in the Pure LandSalvation and liberationSudden enlightenment beyond words and scriptureSalvation and liberationSurrender Is a Sufficient Means of LiberationSalvation and liberationTantra as a swift path to enlightenmentSalvation and liberationThe arhat idealSalvation and liberationThe bodhisattva idealSalvation and liberationThe Body Can Be Perfected into a Deathless State Through YogaSalvation and liberationThe five points of Calvinism (TULIP)Salvation and liberationThe Four Noble TruthsSalvation and liberationThe graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim)Salvation and liberationThe nine vehicles (yanas)Salvation and liberationThe Seven Fold WaySalvation and liberationThe Six Yogas of NaropaSalvation and liberationTheosis (deification)Salvation and liberationWomen can attain liberationSalvation and liberationWomen must be reborn as men to attain liberationSalvation and liberationSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source3. Belief, Language, and Experiencetier 1Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 19724. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.