10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMYTHOLOGISATION»
Discover the use of
demythologisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
demythologisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking
Demythologisation. Bultmann questions this assumption. He takes myth as a text
to be interpreted and understood; but, he says, a text cannot be understood, nor
an inquiry into its meaning begin, if it does not relate to the life and life-world of ...
Adrian Snodgrass, Richard Coyne, 2006
2
Criticism of Heaven: On Marxism and Theology
Demythologisation My own encounter with demythologisation is from the work of
Rudolph Bultmann,20 who will come in for a hammering in The Jargon of
Authenticity. For this New-Testament scholar and theologian, the mythical
structure of ...
3
Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth
This somewhat trivial generalisation is of less interest to us here, however, than
the fact that the advocates of demythologisation turn to compensation and
substitution. A classic example of this is Plato's concept of an elite: he refused to
admit ...
4
International Review of Biblical Studies:
Bultmann suggested that demythologisation is necessary in order to explore the
true Existenzverstandnis contained in the mythological concepts. Reaction to his
program of demythologising was mostly negative, especially in South Africa.
5
Myth, Matriarchy and Modernity: Johann Jakob Bachofen in ...
A post-Enlightenment culture that founds its self -understanding on
demythologisation, that is, on the critical demolition of myth as a foundation of a
community's lived experience, paradoxically frees the material of myth for
creative ...
6
Unlocking the Bible: A Layperson's Guide
Demythologisation? Bultmann. and. His. Critics. We have seen, during the course
of this chapter, that the mythical content of substantial parts of the Bible is hardly
to be doubted. There may be differences of opinion over how much and ...
7
Iris Murdoch's Genealogy of the Modern Self: Retrieving ...
110 Because of her assumption, Murdoch asserts, “The 'demythologisation' of
religion is something absolutely necessary in this age.”111 I do not intend to
address the existence or nonexistence of God here. In one way, nothing much
needs ...
8
Platonism and the English Imagination
Plato's interest in iconoclasm, demythologisation and morality takes on a special
force since Plato, like us, inhabits an age in which our entire world-view, religion
included, is undergoing systematic 'demythologisation' (a key word in this study)
...
Anna Baldwin, Sarah Hutton, 1994
9
States of Mind: Dialogues with Contemporary Thinkers on the ...
In this sense it is pointless to speak of a demythologisation for that would be
tantamount to desymbolisa- tion — and this I deny completely. But there is a
second sense in which myth serves as an alienation of this symbolic structure;
here it ...
10
The Presence of God in the World: A Contribution to ...
"distortions and misunderstandings".334 This concern lies behind his critique of
Bultmann's demythologisation.335 Significantly, Rahner is not an unthinking critic
of Bultmann. Even so, he sees demythologisation as a negative by-product of ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMYTHOLOGISATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
demythologisation is used in the context of the following news items.
Rundle: if words could describe acting, it would not be art
For this is not merely anti-acting, but a demythologisation of such, and the mystique of acting genius is central to the enforcement of a new ... «Daily Review, Apr 15»
Edward Hadas: Three Ms for economics re-education
Money is another economic fetish in need of demythologisation. Of course, money is far more real than a theoretically perfect market, but ... «Breakingviews, May 14»
Viewpoint: When did people stop thinking God lives on a cloud?
The bishop was part of the demythologisation movement, an attempt to re-describe Christianity in terms that made sense to the non-religious ... «BBC News, May 13»
Van Gogh: The artist and his letters
Demythologisation is their theme. Van Gogh's art was not in any way a symptom of his madness. It was not even the spontaneous overflow of ... «Independent, Jan 10»
The cult of banality in media?
Trivialisation itself is most frequently disguised. It is done in the name of 'telling the whole truth', demythologisation of some person or debunking of some historic ... «Sunday - Catholic Weekly, Oct 08»
