TY  - BOOK
AU  - Menzies,James W.
TI  - True myth: C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the veracity of Christianity 
SN  - 9780718843410
AV  - BL313 
U1  - 220.6/8 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Lutterworth Press
KW  - Lewis, C. S.
KW  - Campbell, Joseph,
KW  - Myth
KW  - Myth in the Bible
KW  - Christianity
KW  - BIBLES / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Reference / General
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks
KW  - Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987
KW  - Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
KW  - fast
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Myth, an attempt to define the indefinable -- C.S. Lewis and myth -- Joseph Campbell and myth -- Christianity as history, mystery, and myth -- C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the role of myth in a technological society -- Conclusion
N2  - True Myth examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell and its place in the Christian faith in a technological society. C.S. Lewis defined Christianity, and being truly human, as a relationship between the personal Creator and his creation mediated through faith in his son, Jesus. The influential writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell had a different perspective, understanding Christianity as composed of mythical themes similar to those in other religious and secular myths. While accepting certain portions of the biblical record as historical, Campbell taught the theological and miraculous aspects as symbolic--as stories in which the reader discovers what it means to be human today. In contrast, Lewis presented the theological and the miraculous in a literal way. Although Lewis understood how one could see symbolism and lessons for life in miraculous events, he believed they were more than symbolic and indeed took place in human history
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