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Merit is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of salvation, liberation, and ultimate destiny: religious accounts of liberation, salvation, enlightenment, afterlife, judgment, and ultimate destiny.
Overview
[edit | edit source]This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Merit. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.
In philosophy of religion
[edit | edit source]In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Merit can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.
Associated traditions and worldviews
[edit | edit source]The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles: