Salt of the earth explained

Salt of the earth is a phrase used by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, part of a discourse on salt and light.

Salt of the earth may also refer to:

Film

• Salt of the Earth (1954 film), an American drama film
• , a 2004 American documentary film
• The Salt of the Earth (2014 film), a French-Brazilian-Italian biographical documentary film

Music

• Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers album), 1974
• Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album), 2007
• Salt of the Earth (EP), a 2008 EP by Texas in July
• "Salt of the Earth" (song), a 1968 song by the Rolling Stones

Other uses

• Salt of the Earth, a 1996 book by Pope Benedict XVI
• Empire Zinc strike, also known as the Salt of the Earth strike, a 1950–1952 American miners' strike

See also

• Salting the earth, the ritual of spreading salt on the sites of cities razed by conquerors