The Salvation Army, through a multitude of social services right across the world, is involved daily in saving people from the devastating impacts of poverty, homelessness, addictions, unemployment and a wide range of other predicaments. However, the dominant internal rhetoric about salvation would appear to suggest that theologically these efforts are at best secondary to an evangelical mission of conversion. What good is it to save people's bodies if their souls are damned to hell? A critical task of this study will be to explore theological notions of salvation which encourage a holistic...
The Salvation Army, through a multitude of social services right across the world, is involved daily in saving people from the devastating impacts of ...