Contemporary New Testament interpretation

Doty, William G.

Religion & Spirituality

PRENTICE/HALL

A type of folklore, myth is central to all cultures. Myths convey serious truths learned over generations and provide practical advice for living within a society. And while many myths go back to antiquity, they are also an important part of popular culture. Because they are so fundamental to civilization, myths are studied in a range of disciplines and at all levels. This reference is a comprehensive but convenient introduction to the role of myth in world cultures.Written by a leading authority, this handbook is of use to high school students, undergraduates, and general readers. It defines and classifies types of myth and provides numerous examples, many of which illustrate the significance of myth to contemporary society. In addition, it surveys the history of the study of myth and overviews critical approaches. It examines the relation of myths to larger contexts, such as politics, religion, and popular culture. The volume closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources and a glossary.

Myth: A Handbook (Greenwood Folklore Handbooks)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Greenwood

<p>MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE WORLD BROUGHT TO LIFE.</p>

World Mythology

Barnes&Noble

Letters in Primitive Christianity

Fortress Press

Presenting a concise treatment of the various contemporary ways of interpreting myths and rituals, this book is organized in terms of the most important schools of interpretation and discusses many of the recent approaches that have had widespread influence as well as older approaches that are still viable. While the primary focus is reflective and critical - how the various mythographic approaches have come about, and how they may be characterized and used - the framework of the book also provides a series of questions for contemporary study of particular myths and rituals. Myths and rituals remain important conveyors of cultural values, and the book argues that they form storehouses of significance that must not be omitted as our scientific establishments tend toward more abstract analysis of supposedly objective data. This work represents a wide synoptic view of research not usually considered within a single perspective, or treated as having on-going influences. The book has a unified critical perspective upon a mass of materials and approaches and is designed to function both as a reference work for the historical developments of mythography and as a stimulus to individual studies of specific myths and rituals.

Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Univ of Alabama Pr

Mythography : The Study of Myths and Rituals

Presenting major myth theorists from antiquity to the present, this work offers a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of myth. Rewritten and restructured, it reflects the increased interest in myth among both scholars and general readers since the publication of the first edition.

University Alabama Press

Myths of Masculinity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Crossroad Pub. Co

<p>"The gods have become diseases, said C.G. Jung, and the nine chapters of this volume show how major figures of the Greek mythological imagination are still at work in the contemporary psyche. This book is both reliably scholarly and intuitively psychological. It offers the reader ways of finding mythical backgrounds for personal experience. Here we can feel how the gods and goddesses influence symptoms, ideas, attitudes, relationships, and dream imagery"--</p>

Facing the Gods

Hillman, James

STEIN, MURRAY

Miller, David L.

Kerényi, Karl

Malamud, René

Kirksey, Barbara

Downing, Chris

Spring Publications

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