Salvation

CRITICAL: Kaslametan is the linguistically natural word for salvation (from slamet, safe) and is the term established Javanese Bibles use, but it shares its root with slametan, the communal ritual meal held to ward off misfortune and secure protection from ancestral and territorial spirits. Every occurrence requires a teaching note distinguishing biblical salvation, a rescue accomplished once by Christ, from the repeated, protective ritual practice the same root word evokes.