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1544:. It consists of myths and belief statements excerpted from—and, in some cases, synthesized from a number of excerpts from—both Biblical and non-Biblical Jewish texts. According to Schwartz, the Jewish people continue to elaborate on, and compose additions to, their traditional mythology. In the book's introduction, Schwartz states that the word "myth", as used in the book, "is not offered to mean something that is not true, as in the current popular usage". 7771: 7781: 1047:
is that it does not provide a formal and indifferent scheme devoid of presuppositions within which all religions could be subsumed. In the second place, theology is influenced by its origins in the Greek and Christian traditions, with the implication that the transmutation of this concept to other religions is endangered by the very circumstances of origination.
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preached to the world. J. J. Altizer, for example, maintained boldly by stating, "Throughout its history Christian theology has been thwarted from reaching its intrinsic goal by its bondage to a transcendent, a sovereign, and an impassive God". Bonhoffer called persistently for "Religionless Christianity".
1381:) to mean "fable, fiction, lie"; as a result, the early Christian theologians used "myth" in this sense. Thus, the derogatory meaning of the word "myth" is the traditional Christian meaning, and the expression "Christian mythology", as used in academic discourse, may offend Christians for this reason. 1485:
The story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us in the same way as the others, but with this tremendous difference that it really happened: and one must be content to accept it in the same way, remembering that it is God's myth where the others are men's myths: i. e. the Pagan stories
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Some religious believers take offense when what they consider to be historical aspects of their faith are labeled as "myth". Such believers distinguish between religious fables or myths, on one hand, and those sacred narratives which are described by their tradition as being history or revelation, on
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In the first place, theology is a spiritual or religious attempt of "believers" to explicate their faith. In this sense it is not neutral and is not attempted from the perspective of removed observation—in contrast to a general history of religions. The implication derived from the religious approach
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At a "Consultation on the Relationship Between the Wesleyan Tradition and the Natural Sciences" in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 19, 1991, Dennis Bratcher presented a discussion of the adaptation of Near Eastern mythical thought by the Israelites. Bratcher argued that the Old Testament absorbed
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Robinson argued in favor of "the detaching of the Christian doctrine of God from any necessary dependence on a 'supernaturalistic' worldview". He understood this as a prophetic aspect of the Church's ministry to the world. At this time atheism was regarded as the Christian Gospel that should be
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The word 'myth' is popularly understood to mean idle fancy, fiction, or falsehood; but there is another meaning of the word in academic discourse. A myth, in this latter sense of the word, is a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture .... Using the original Greek term
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Eliade wrote about "sky and sky gods" when Christian theology was shaken at its very foundations by the "death of God" theology. He spoke of "God up there" when theologians such as J. A. T. Robinson were busy with erasing the mythical language of three-storied universe that underlies the early
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Many Christians have objected to my use of this word even when I define it specifically. They are terrified by a word which may even have a slight suggestion of fantasy. However, my usage is the one that is common among historians of religion, literary critics, and social scientists. It is a
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For example, Campbell claimed that mythology's primary function is "that of eliciting and supporting a sense of awe before the mystery of being" (Campbell, p. 519), and that mythology also serves "to initiate the individual into the order of realities of his own psyche" (Campbell, p.
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valuable and helpful usage; there is no other word which conveys what these scholarly traditions mean when they refer to myth. The Christian would be well advised to get over his fear of the word and appreciate how important a tool it can be for understanding the content of his faith.
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Modern day clergy and practitioners within some religious movements have no problem classifying the religion's sacred stories as "myths". They see the sacred texts as indeed containing religious truths, divinely inspired but delivered in the language of mankind. Some examples follow.
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Since the beginning of modern philosophy and science in the 16th century, many Western intellectuals have seen myth as outdated. In fact, some argued that the Christian religion would be better off without mythology, or even that Christianity would be better off without religion:
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The similarities between cultures and time periods can be useful, but it is usually not easy to combine beliefs and histories from different groups. Simplification of cultures and time periods by eliminating detailed data remain vulnerable or flimsy in this area of research.
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believed that people could not understand their individual lives without mythology to aid them. By recalling the significance of old myths, he encouraged awareness of them. In responding to the interview question "How would you define mythology?", Joseph Campbell answered:
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Most religions contain a body of traditional sacred stories that are believed to express profound truth. Some religious organizations and practitioners believe that some or all of their traditional stories are not only sacred and "true" but also historically accurate and
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freely called the Christ story a "true myth", and he believed that even pagan myths express spiritual truths. In his opinion, the difference between the Christ story and pagan myths is that the Christ story is historically as well as spiritually true. Lewis writes,
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Near Eastern pagan mythology (although he drew a sharp distinction between the literally-interpreted myths of the Near Eastern pagans and the "mythopoetic" use of imagery from pagan myths by the Hebrews). During this presentation, he gave the following disclaimer:
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Religious stories are "holy scripture" to believers—narratives used to support, explain, or justify a particular system's rituals, theology, and ethics—and are myths to people of other cultures or belief systems. It is difficult to believe that the
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sought to "demythologize" Christianity, reinterpreting its myths as psychological allegory (Segal, pp. 47-51; Muthuraj). Some 19th and early 20th century secular scholars predicted that science would replace myth, even in religion. The anthropologist
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even wrote, "In the last analysis, magic, religion, and science are nothing but theories of thought; and as science has supplanted its predecessors, so it may hereafter be itself superseded by some more perfect hypothesis" (Frazer, p.
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Though there are similarities among most religious mythologies, there are also contrasts. Many mythologies focus on explanations of the universe, natural phenomena, or other themes of human existence, often ascribing
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According to religious thought, said Eliade, myths establish models for human behavior and "the more religious man is, the more paradigmatic models does he possess as a guide to his attitudes and actions" (Eliade,
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warns against such speculations as " the world eternal or not eternal? the soul different from the body? the enlightened exist after death or not?", viewing them as irrelevant to the goal of escaping suffering.
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Given any of the above definitions of "myth", the myths of many religions, both ancient and modern, share common elements. Widespread similarities between religious mythologies include the following:
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and that calling such stories "myths" disrespects their special status. Other religious organizations and practitioners have no problem with categorizing their sacred stories as myths.
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Religion and mythology differ in scope but have overlapping aspects. Both are systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements concerning the
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might understandably apply the word "myth". All of these stories are definable as myths because they contain events that contradict both our intellectual and physical experience of
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Especially within Christianity, objection to the word "myth" rests on a historical basis. By the time of Christ, the Greco-Roman world had started to use the term "myth" (Greek
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meaning of the word. In its primary and more technical meaning "myth" refers to a story or group of stories that serve to explain how a particular society views their world.
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argued that science was pushing traditional mythology out of religion, which would henceforth consist only of metaphysics and ethics (Segal, p. 14). And the anthropologist
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are God expressing Himself through the minds of poets, using such images as He found there, while Christianity is God expressing Himself through what we call real things.
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1973: Another classicist, GS Kirk, rejects the notion that all myths are religious or sacred. In the category of "myth", he includes many legendary accounts that are "
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circa 1931, which describes myth-making as an act of "sub-creation" within God's primary creation. The poem in part says creation is "myth-woven and elf-patterned":
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are "myths" if and only if one does not belong to the religion in question. By Segal's definition, all religious stories are myths—but simply because nearly all
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usually refers either to a system of myths or to the study of myths. However, the word "myth" itself has multiple (and some contradictory) definitions:
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rejected myths about divine intervention, limiting God's role to that of a first cause (Robinson), and a 20th century movement led by the theologian
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insists that "Christianity is not mythology. What we believe in is not religious fantasies, no matter how pious." Evangelical Christian theologian
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defines myths as "whatever religious or heroic legends are so foreign to a student's experience that he cannot believe them to be true."
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My favorite definition of mythology: other people's religion. My favorite definition of religion: misunderstanding of mythology.
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is the divine echo of "the Truth". Tolkien wrote that myths held "fundamental things". He expressed these beliefs in his poem
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Most definitions of "myth" limit myths to stories. Thus, non-narrative elements of religion, such as ritual, are not myths.
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Bratcher, Dennis. "Speaking the Language of Canaan: The Old Testament and the Israelite Perception of the Physical World".
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Grassie, William (March 1998). "Science as Epic? Can the modern evolutionary cosmology be a mythic story for our time?".
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the term "myth" as used here does not mean "false" or "fiction". Even in my old and yellowed Webster's, "fiction" is the
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Dictionary, "Myth: "1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the
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Religion is Not about God: How Spiritual Traditions Nurture Our Biological Nature and what to Expect when They Fail
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Mohler, Albert. "The Mythology of Star Wars: The Faith versus the Force". AlbertMohler.com. 30 December 2007 <
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forces. However, some religions have very few of this kind of story of cosmic explanation. For instance, the
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2004: In religious studies, the word "myth" is usually reserved for stories whose main characters are gods or
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Pearce, Joseph. "J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth". Catholic Education Research Center. 31 December 2007 <
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According to Hege, both primitive and modern theology is inescapably constrained by its mythical backbone:
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Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism". Trans. Philip Mairet. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1991.
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In addition, this early Christian use of the term "myth" passed into popular usage. Thus, when essential
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In regards to the study of culture and religion, these are some of the definitions scholars have used:
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is perhaps a better way to distinguish this more positive and all-encompassing definition of the word.
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In the 20th century, many scholars have resisted this trend, defending myth from modern criticism.
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2004: The classicist Richard Buxton defines a myth as "a socially powerful traditional story".
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The relationship between religion and myth depends on what definition of "myth" one uses. By
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insisted that "Judeo-Christian revelation has nothing in common with the category of myth".
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See Armstrong, pp. 122-27. For example, an 18th century intellectual movement called
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Menion, 2003/2004 citing essays by Tolkien using the words "fundamental things".
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Segal 2004, p. 5. See Buxton, p. 18: "There are three elements in definition .
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Hardon 1353: 1350: 1348: 1345: 1335: 1332: 1283: 1282:Academic views 1280: 1254: 1251: 1246: 1245: 1243:Hero's journey 1240: 1235: 1233:Creation myths 1230: 1221: 1214: 1202: 1199: 1198: 1197: 1190: 1187: 1180: 1169: 1162: 1148: 1147: 1113: 1110: 1072: 1069: 1060:biblical texts 1023: 1020: 912: 909: 848: 847: 845: 844: 837: 830: 822: 819: 818: 815: 814: 809: 804: 799: 794: 789: 788: 787: 777: 772: 767: 761: 758: 757: 754: 753: 750: 749: 744: 739: 734: 729: 728: 727: 717: 711: 708: 707: 704: 703: 700: 699: 694: 689: 684: 679: 678: 677: 672: 664: 659: 657:Feral children 654: 649: 644: 638: 635: 634: 631: 630: 627: 626: 621: 616: 611: 605: 602: 601: 598: 597: 594: 593: 588: 583: 578: 573: 568: 567: 566: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 491: 490: 489: 484: 479: 478: 477: 472: 464: 463: 462: 457: 452: 444: 443: 442: 434: 429: 424: 419: 414: 409: 404: 399: 394: 389: 384: 379: 378: 377: 372: 364: 359: 358: 357: 352: 347: 334: 329: 324: 319: 314: 309: 304: 299: 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1952:Buxton, p. 18 1949: 1946: 1940: 1938: 1934: 1928: 1925: 1919: 1916: 1910: 1907: 1901: 1898: 1894: 1891:"Mythology", 1888: 1885: 1881: 1875: 1872: 1867: 1865:9781532617539 1861: 1857: 1856: 1848: 1845: 1840: 1836: 1832: 1826: 1823: 1819: 1815: 1809: 1806: 1802: 1797: 1794: 1790: 1785: 1782: 1777: 1771: 1767: 1766: 1758: 1755: 1751: 1746: 1743: 1739: 1734: 1731: 1727: 1722: 1719: 1715: 1710: 1707: 1701: 1700: 1692: 1689: 1682: 1677: 1672: 1669: 1667: 1664: 1662: 1659: 1657: 1654: 1652: 1649: 1648: 1643: 1642: 1638: 1635: 1633: 1630: 1628: 1625: 1623: 1620: 1618: 1615: 1613: 1612:Creation myth 1610: 1608: 1605: 1604: 1599: 1598: 1594: 1592: 1590: 1586: 1582: 1575:Miscellaneous 1574: 1572: 1570: 1566: 1562: 1558: 1554: 1547: 1545: 1543: 1538: 1536: 1532: 1528: 1520: 1517: 1515: 1509: 1504: 1499: 1497: 1493: 1487: 1482: 1479: 1475: 1471: 1458: 1454: 1446: 1439: 1437: 1436: 1431: 1427: 1423: 1416: 1414: 1407: 1405: 1403: 1399: 1395: 1391: 1387: 1382: 1380: 1372: 1370: 1368: 1364: 1360: 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