Myth And Ritual In Christianity

Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807013755
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth and Ritual In Christianity written by Alan Watts and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1971-06-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious processes which shape it and which are in some sense more than man.… This is, furthermore, to be a description and not a history of Christian Mythology.… After description, we shall attempt an interpretation of the myth along the general lines of the philosophia perennis, in order to bring out the truly catholic or universal character of the symbols, and to share the delight of discovering a fountain of wisdom in a realm where so many have long ceased to expect anything but a desert of platitudes.” —from the Prologue

Author : Alan W. Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781021164605
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Author : Alan Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth and Ritual in Christianity written by Alan Watts and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of Christian symbolism showing how the pattern of Christian ritual developed from the events of the Old and New Testaments.

Author : Philippe Walter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620553694
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book Christian Mythology written by Philippe Walter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible • Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion • Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints • Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths, including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages, author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible. The author explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion. Rather than tear down the pagan temples in Britain, Pope Gregory the Great advised Saint Augustine of Canterbury to add the pagan rituals into the mix of Christian practices and transform the pagan temples into churches. Instead of religious conversion, it was simply a matter of convincing the populace to include Jesus in their current religious practices. Providing extensive documentation, Walter shows which major calendar days of the Christian year are founded on pagan rituals and myths, including the high holidays of Easter and Christmas. Examining hagiographic accounts of the saints, he reveals the origin of these symbolic figures in the deities worshipped in pagan Europe for centuries. He also explores how the identities of saints and pagan figures became so intermingled that some saints were transformed into pagan incarnations, such as Mary Magdalene’s conversion into one of the Celtic Ladies of the Lake. In revealing the pagan roots of many Christian figures, stories, and rituals, Walter provides a new understanding of the evolution of religious belief.

Author : Alan W. Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
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Download or read book Myth and Ritual in Christianity written by Alan W. Watts and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368323121
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth, Ritual and Religion written by Andrew Lang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-04 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Binker North
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth, Ritual and Religion written by Andrew Lang and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1887 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth, Ritual, and Religion is a classic mythology studies text by Andrew Lang. When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and opposed by the author. In Science, as on the Turkish throne of old, "Amurath to Amurath succeeds"; the philological theories of religion and myth have now yielded to anthropological methods. The centre of the anthropological position was the "ghost theory" of Mr. Herbert Spencer, the "Animistic" theory of Mr. E. R. Tylor, according to whom the propitiation of ancestral and other spirits leads to polytheism, and thence to monotheism. In the second edition (1901) of this work the author argued that the belief in a "relatively supreme being," anthropomorphic was as old as, and might be even older, than animistic religion. When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and opposed by the author. In Science, as on the Turkish throne of old, "Amurath to Amurath succeeds"; the philological theories of religion and myth have now yielded to anthropological methods. The centre of the anthropological position was the "ghost theory" of Mr. Herbert Spencer, the "Animistic" theory of Mr. E. R. Tylor, according to whom the propitiation of ancestral and other spirits leads to polytheism, and thence to monotheism. In the second edition (1901) of this work the author argued that the belief in a "relatively supreme being," anthropomorphic was as old as, and might be even older, than animistic religion. This theory he exhibited at greater length, and with a larger collection of evidence, in his Making of Religion. Since 1901, a great deal of fresh testimony as to what Mr. Howitt styles the "All Father" in savage and barbaric religions has accrued. As regards this being in Africa, the reader may consult the volumes of the New Series of the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, which are full of African evidence, not, as yet, discussed, to my knowledge, by any writer on the History of Religion. As late as Man, for July, 1906, No. 66, Mr. Parkinson published interesting Yoruba legends about Oleron, the maker and father of men, and Oro, the Master of the Bull Roarer.

Author : Robert Alan Segal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198724705
Total Pages : 161 pages
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Download or read book Myth written by Robert Alan Segal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories. In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Burton L. Mack
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317490576
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book Myth and the Christian Nation written by Burton L. Mack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is widely regarded as the ultimate "Christian Nation." Religious language has always been at the forefront of American politics but this has increased since the events of 9/11. 'Myth and the Christian Nation' presents a startling analysis of how and why Christianity and national identity have been woven together in recent American political discourse. Drawing on examples of religious myth-making across the ancient world 'Myth and the Christian Nation' brings the weight of history to bear on America today, a place where myth, monotheism, sovereignty and power can be harnessed together in the service of specific interests. The book invites readers to rethink the role of religion in the construction of social democracy and to see America afresh.

Author : Edwin Oliver James
Publisher : Peter Smith Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Myth and Ritual written by Edwin Oliver James and published by Peter Smith Publisher. This book was released on 1973 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: