SECULAR SALVATION SCHEMA:
Creation/Eden
- Christian: Stewardship; innocence intimacy with God
- Secular: Secular humanism; childhood
Fall
- Christian: Evil permeates creation; personal sin
- Secular: Systems that impose boundaries; trauma
Redemption
- Christian: The kingdom of God; Salvation
- Secular: Removal of imposing systems; rediscovery of the inner self
New Creation
- Christian: Jesus returns; Sanctification
- Secular: Absolute autonomy and freedom; Outer-self = Inner-self