Critical Times for America: The Politics of Cultural Amnesia - Couverture souple

Mack, Burton L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532679521 ISBN 13 : 9781532679520

Editeur : Cascade Books, 2019

Synopsis

Human societies live and breathe through their myths. A myth is not a simple story; it is the complex social reasoning of a people, a way of making sense of the world. Burton Mack calls this reasoning “social logic,” and as a master of ancient Rome and the rise of Christianity, he knows that the Western experience has been embedded in the Christian myth as its “big picture” narrative. But what happens when the big picture becomes fragmented and when an old myth loses its ability to function in a new world order? Mack is convinced that at the heart of contemporary political crises lies the need to create a new myth beyond the grand narratives and lingering fragments history has given us. Mack invites his reader to think historically about the present, and imaginatively about the future, in this important book about ourselves.

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À propos de l'auteur

Burton L. Mack is John Wesley Professor Emeritus in Early Christianity at the Claremont School of Theology. He is the author of several books of outstanding quality, including The Lost Gospel (1993) and Who Wrote the New Testament (1995).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cascade Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532679521
• ISBN 13: 9781532679520
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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