03428oam 2200661I 450 991045673360332120200520144314.01-315-71098-61-317-49058-41-84553-372-01-84553-767-X10.4324/9781315710983 (CKB)2550000000012113(StDuBDS)AH25564791(MiAaPQ)EBC1900175(MiAaPQ)EBC516790(Au-PeEL)EBL1900175(CaPaEBR)ebr10386888(CaONFJC)MIL682271(OCoLC)898771495(OCoLC)958109349(Au-PeEL)EBL516790(OCoLC)649555213(EXLCZ)99255000000001211320180706e20142008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMyth and the Christian nation a social theory of religion /Burton L. Mack1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (300 p.) Religion in culture: studies in social contest and constructionFirst published 2008 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.1-322-50989-1 1-84553-373-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-283) and index.The religions of other peoples. Looking for religion in the new world ; Noticing the social interests in myths and rituals ; Watching myths in the making ; Thinking with myths about culture ; The religion of Christianity. Early Christian mythmaking ; The social formation of christendom ; The state of the Christian nation ; Religions in a polycultural world.This is a book on a social theory of religion and culture. A survey of the meanings of the term religion from Columbus to Jonathan Z. Smith sets the pace. Examples are taken from ethnography, the ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman age, and Christendom in order to develop the concepts of &quote;imagined world,&quote; &quote;social formation,&quote; &quote;mythic grammar,&quote; and &quote;cultural mentality.&quote; What has been learned from the study of other peoples and their religions about the function of myths and rituals is then applied to an analysis of the Christian myth-ritual system and its social logic. The odd combinations of mythic world and ritual presence, monotheism and sovereignty, righteousness and power, all peculiar to Christianity, are analyzed historically and followed into the twenty-first century. The study offers a meditation on the recent public discourse about the &quote;Christian nation&quote; in light of the current social situation in the United States and ends with an invitation to rethink the role of religions in constructing a polycultural social democracy. Religion in culture.Religion and sociologyReligionSocial aspectsChristianityElectronic books.Religion and sociology.ReligionSocial aspects.Christianity.306.6/3Mack Burton L.973801MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456733603321Myth and the Christian nation2216299UNINA