The Changing Shape of Our Salvation

by John Killinger

Is there an afterlife? If so, how can I be saved? For traditional Christians, the fate of the soul after death is the most pressing question of life. But many Christians have never learned the way that concepts of the afterlife evolved throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, New Testament, and church history. In this easy to read new volume, John Killinger gives us a sense of changing and more diverse views on salvation in Christianity, while respecting the importance of the question for many today.

Genres: Christianity

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

The Rev. Dr. John Killinger lives with his wife, Anne, in Warrenton, Virginia. A former pastor in Baptist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches, he also taught for fifteen years at Vanderbilt Divinity School and was Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Samford University in Birmingham. He is the author of over 50 books, among them God, The Devil, and Harry Potter. Because Dr. Killinger's interests are broad, his writings have touched on many subjects: Christian history, personal spirituality, world religions, preaching, worship, church politics, a female Christ figure, the Gospels as devotional literature, secular writers and artists, the nature of pastoral ministry, and the relationship between theology and contemporary culture. His prayers and utterances often find their way into Sunday church bulletins and other ministers' sermons. You will find inspiration and spiritual sustenance within.