LEADER 03428oam 2200661I 450 001 9910456733603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-71098-6 010 $a1-317-49058-4 010 $a1-84553-372-0 010 $a1-84553-767-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315710983 035 $a(CKB)2550000000012113 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25564791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1900175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC516790 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1900175 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386888 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682271 035 $a(OCoLC)898771495 035 $a(OCoLC)958109349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL516790 035 $a(OCoLC)649555213 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000012113 100 $a20180706e20142008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMyth and the Christian nation $ea social theory of religion /$fBurton L. Mack 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 225 0 $aReligion in culture: studies in social contest and construction 300 $aFirst published 2008 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen. 311 $a1-322-50989-1 311 $a1-84553-373-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [276]-283) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $bThis is a book on a social theory of religion and culture. A survey of the meanings of the term religion from Columbus to Jonathan Z. Smith sets the pace. Examples are taken from ethnography, the ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman age, and Christendom in order to develop the concepts of "e;imagined world,"e; "e;social formation,"e; "e;mythic grammar,"e; and "e;cultural mentality."e; What has been learned from the study of other peoples and their religions about the function of myths and rituals is then applied to an analysis of the Christian myth-ritual system and its social logic. The odd combinations of mythic world and ritual presence, monotheism and sovereignty, righteousness and power, all peculiar to Christianity, are analyzed historically and followed into the twenty-first century. The study offers a meditation on the recent public discourse about the "e;Christian nation"e; in light of the current social situation in the United States and ends with an invitation to rethink the role of religions in constructing a polycultural social democracy. 410 0$aReligion in culture. 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aReligion$xSocial aspects 606 $aChristianity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 0$aReligion$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aChristianity. 676 $a306.6/3 700 $aMack$b Burton L.$0973801 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456733603321 996 $aMyth and the Christian nation$92216299 997 $aUNINA