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True Myth examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by C.S.Lewis and Joseph Campbell and its place in the Christian faith in a technologicalsociety. C.S. Lewis defined Christianity, and being truly human, as a relationshipbetween the personal Creator and his creation mediated through faith in his son, Jesus.The influential writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell had a different perspective,understanding Christianity as composed of mythical themes similar to those in otherreligious and secular myths. While accepting certain portions of the biblical record ashistorical, Campbell taught the theological and miraculous aspects as symbolic - asstories in which the reader discovers what it means to be human today. In contrast,Lewis presented the theological and the miraculous in a literal way. Although Lewisunderstood how one could see symbolism and lessons for life in miraculous events, hebelieved they were more than symbolic and indeed took place in human history.In True Myth, James W. Menzies skilfully balances the two writers' differing approachesto guide the reader through a complex interaction of myth with philosophy, media,ethics, history, literature, art, music and religion in a contemporary world.
