The rise and fall of the Christian myth : restoring our democratic ideals / Burton L. Mack.

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Mack, Burton L [author.]

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computer

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online resource

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9780300227895
0300227892

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rise and fall of the Christian myth.DDC classification:

306.63 23

LOC classification:

BL60 .M276 2017eb

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Big Picture -- 2. Theory -- 3. The Christian Myth -- 4. Social Interests -- 5. Social Issues -- 6. Cultural Analytics -- 7. Three Mono Myths -- 8. Imagining the Future -- Conclusion: A Palliative Postscript -- Authors and Works Cited -- Index

Summary: This book is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological and that Christianity in particular has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time. The author traces the cultural influence of the Christian myth that has persisted for sixteen hundred years but now should be much less consequential in our social and cultural life, since it runs counter.

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This book is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological and that Christianity in particular has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time. The author traces the cultural influence of the Christian myth that has persisted for sixteen hundred years but now should be much less consequential in our social and cultural life, since it runs counter.

In English.

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