SOTERIOLOGY • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Soteriology

... religions which the native or foreign scholar makes, and which both history and philosophy demand shall be made for the student at least. Using the technical language of Christian theologians, Shint[o] furnishes theology, Confucianism anthropology and Buddhism soteriology. The average Japanese learns about the gods and draws inspiration for his patriotism from Shint[o], maxims for his ethical and social life from Confucius, and his hope of what he regards as salvation from ...

— The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis