Week 8- Cobb, Chapter 8 (Salvation)

As many followers of Christ would suggest, "Salvation is the beginning of new life with a relationship with Jesus Christ, full of obedience, trust, and love," but Cobb suggests that salvation is also sought in popular culture through the aid of traditional symbols and icons, although they are lifted from their original texts. Further, salvation can also be expressed through art, music, poetry, and other forms of religious activities. Have you ever thought of salvation through the entertainment industry? Initially you would think probably not, however every 30-second commercial, as Walter Davis explains it, "portrays a minidrama of sin and salvation: depicting evil, its source, who we must do to be saved." Television and the internet convince us of our need to be saved and seek salvation. Also, music has a large influence of our need of salvation. Further, Cobb suggests that we seek grace and self-transcendence through music, drugs, strenuous exercise, art, and the redemptive violence of our matinee heroes. As we see, salvation can be expressed and interpreted in many different ways and even through movies we see salvation expressions.