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Where myth and history meet : a Christian response to myth / Craig Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Craig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Myth.
- History--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- Truth--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Truth.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 59 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Pictures in the Clouds 1
- The Nothing that Is
- The Shaping Function of Art
- Order: Imposed or Reflected?
- Chapter 1 Myth and the Central Questions 7
- The Inescapable Issue
- The Authority of Myth
- Historical Revelation and the Christian Cult
- Chapter 2 Should We Reject Myth Entirely? 15
- A Preparation for the Reality
- The Abandoning of Universal Myth
- Chapter 3 Myth and Religious Truth 23
- The Transcending of Myth
- The Union of Myth and History
- Time Both Linear and Repetitive
- Chapter 4 A Christian Response to Myth 31
- The Circle and the Cross
- The Transcendent Mythic Order
- Appendix The Interaction of Experience and Language 35
- The Independent Existence of Experience and Language
- Definitions and Problems of Realism
- The Cause / Effect Link
- "Direct Realism": A Form of Semi-Thomism?
- A Short Defense of Metaphysical Realism
- The Primal Language
- The Interaction of Experience and Language.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [51]-55) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761821481
- OCLC:
- 48074568
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