{"product_id":"9780718893767","title":"True Myth: C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the Veracity of Christianity","description":"True Myth examines the meaning and significance of myth as understood by C.S.\u003cbr\u003eLewis and Joseph Campbell and its place in the Christian faith in a technological society. C.S. Lewis defined Christianity, and being truly human, as a relationship between the personal Creator and his creation mediated through faith in his son, Jesus.\u003cbr\u003eThe influential writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell had a different perspective,\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding Christianity as composed of mythical themes similar to those in other religious and secular myths. While accepting certain portions of the biblical record as historical, Campbell taught the theological and miraculous aspects as symbolic - as stories in which the reader discovers what it means to be human today. In contrast,\u003cbr\u003eLewis presented the theological and the miraculous in a literal way. Although Lewis understood how one could see symbolism and lessons for life in miraculous events, he believed they were more than symbolic and indeed took place in human history.\u003cbr\u003eIn True Myth, James W. Menzies skilfully balances the two writers' differing approaches to guide the reader through a complex interaction of myth with philosophy, media,\u003cbr\u003eethics, history, literature, art, music and religion in a contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lutterworth Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014543393008,"sku":"9780718893767","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780718893767_p0.jpg?v=1763625835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780718893767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}