The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth. Jonathan Miles-Watson, Vivian Asimos

The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth
Jonathan Miles-Watson, Vivian Asimos

London, Bloomsbury Academic , 2019. 320p.  ISBN9781350082250

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What is myth? Why do myths exist? What do myths do? Where are myths going?

This reader is organized into 4 parts which explore these questions. Drawing on over 10 years of experience teaching myth in religious studies and anthropology departments in the UK, USA and Continental Europe the editors have brought together key works in the theory of myth. Key features include:

- a general introduction to the reader that outlines a comparative and interpretative framework
- an introduction contextualizing each part and sub-section
- an introduction to each reading by the editors
- a companion website that provides discussion questions and further reading suggestions, including primary sources.

From functionalism to feminism, nationalism to globalization, and psychoanalysis to spatial analysis, this reader covers the classic and contemporary theories and approaches needed to understand what myth is, why myths exist, what they do, and what the  future holds for them..

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
In Search of Mythology, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
Part One: What is Myth ?
Locating the Field, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. A Two-Dimensional Scheme for the Classification of Narratives, C. Scott Littleton
2. The Idea of Folklore, Daniel Ben Amos
3. Myth in Primitive Society, Bronislaw Malinowski
Part Two: Why do Myths Exist?
Section A: Global Theories of Myth
Are All Myths the Same? Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Balder and the Mistletoe, James Frazer
2. The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, Otto Rank
3. The Historical Development of Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Section B: Myth and Dreams
(Dis)Embodied Mythology, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Flying Saucers: a modern myth, Carl Gustav Jung
2. The Vampire as a Blood Thirsty Revenant, Alan Dundes
3. More than Stories, More than Myth, Amba Sepie
Section C: Myth and History
The Search for Truth, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Myth and Reality, Mercia Eliade
2. The Original Elements of Mythology, Max Muller
3. Cú Chulainn's Women and some Indo-European Comparisons, Nicholas Allen
Part Three: What do Myths Do?
Section A: Structuralist Approaches
Myth and Meaning, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Jewels and Wounds, Claude Lévi-Strauss
2. Pulleyar and the Lord Buddha, Edmund Leach
3. An Outline of Propp's Model for the Study of Wondertales, Manuel Aguirre
Section B: Neostructuralist Approaches
Beyond Binaries, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. We Think What We Eat, Seth Kunin
2. The Gun and the Bow, Stephen Hugh-Jones
3. The Meaning of Myth, Mary Douglas
Section C: Spatial Theories
From Page to Place, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Myth Memory and the Oral Tradition, Frances Harwood
2. Implicit Mythology in the Shimla Hills, Jonathan Miles-Watson
3. Stone-Faced Ancestors: The Spatial Anchoring of Myth in Wamira, Miriam Khan
Part Four: Where are Myths Going
Section A: Myths and Popular Culture
What Good Are Old Stories? Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Amateur Mythographies, Ika Willis
2. Storm Power, an Icy Tower and Elsa's Bower, Lauren Dundes, Madeline Streiff and Zachary Streiff
3. Science Fiction as Mythology, Marilyn Sutton and Thomas Sutton
Section B: The Future of Mythology
Mythological Terminalia, Jonathan Miles-Watson and
Vivian Asimos
1. Does Myth have a Future? Robert Segal

Rituelen. Waarom we niet zonder kunnen. Herman De Dijn

ISBN 978-94-6310-345-9
. Kalmthout, Polis, 2018, , tweede druk, 296 p
€ 22,50

Het grote boek over verwondering. Mensen zijn eigenlijk vooral rituele wezens. Ze proberen zich, via rituelen en symbolen, te verhouden tot de wonderen die het leven werkelijk zin geven. De niet-aflatende interesse in rituelen en spiritualiteit, ook in onze postmoderne tijd, toont de blijvende aanwezigheid van het verlangen naar betovering. Tegelijk lijkt er iets fundamenteel veranderd. Religieus geïnspireerde rituelen en vormen van spiritueel weten worden vandaag beschouwd als instrumenten die je naar goeddunken kunt gebruiken. Kunnen het wonder en de verwondering in die context wel overeind blijven?
In dit erudiete en verrassende boek laat Herman De Dijn alle grote thema's de revue passeren: verwondering en wetenschap; rituelen en symbolen; vrijheid, gezag en traditie; religie en spiritualiteit in een postmoderne wereld.

Progressive Atheism How Moral Evolution Changes the God Debate Schellenberg J L

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Progressive Atheism shows how atheism can make progress in humanity's future. It presents a new way of arguing that God doesn't exist, based on a portrayal of God so positive that you may sometimes wonder whether you're reading the thoughts of a believer.

Starting with the simple idea that our understanding of what it takes to be a good person has changed and grown over time, J. L. Schellenberg argues that our understanding of the goodness of God must now change too. Masculine images of God as haughty King or distant Father have to be replaced by God as a paragon of nonviolence and relational openness.

This more evolved conception of God is incredibly attractive and admirable. But by the same token it has become less believable. Each moral advance, applied to God, makes it even clearer that such a being would never create a world like ours.

Atheists have often approached the subject of God with disdain. Progressive Atheism proves that admiration will be far more powerful.

Table of contents

Preface1. Getting Oriented
2. An (A)theological Dead End
3. Naturalism's Shortcut
4. Unexplored Territory: Moral Evolution
5. Updating God
6. A Relationally Responsive God
7. A Kinder God
8. A Nonviolent God
9. Challenging the New Theism
10. Atheism's Brave New World
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments

“Over the last quarter century, atheism has come out of the closet and is today more acceptable-even respectable-than at any time in history. But the militancy often associated with the strong atheism that asserts God's nonexistence is not enough to build a movement. We need a progressive atheism, which the philosopher J. L. Schellenberg provides us with in this brilliantly-argued and clearly-written book. Progressive Atheism is must reading for everyone interested in these ultimate questions” –  Michael Shermer, Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, USA

“How can atheism be "progressive"? First, by being based on moral progress. Such progress alters our understanding of God's perfect goodness, yielding an idea of God that is "too good to be true." Second, by freeing us to explore new spiritual terrain. Schellenberg acts as guide, ending the book with a fascinating tour of a variety of live religious possibilities. For open-minded readers, this book is a breath of fresh air. Highly recommended!” –  Paul Draper, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University, USA

Published:	08-08-2019
Format:	Paperback
Edition:	1st
Extent:	200 p.
ISBN:	9781350097193
Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic  l.bloomsbury

De school van het vrije denken Jimmy Koppen

Een humanistische visie op het Vlaamse onderwijs

Jimmy Koppen

Voor een humanist heeft het onderwijs als doel om kritische burgers te vormen. Deze zullen hun plaats innemen in de superdiverse samenleving van vandaag en morgen. Maar is dit een realistische verwachting? Vrijzinnig humanist Jimmy Koppen gaat in dit essay dieper in op allerhande vragen en bezorgdheden. Bestaat er iets als een ideale school? Hoe garanderen we gelijke onderwijskansen, ongeacht herkomst en sociaal-economische achtergrond van leerlingen? Wat kunnen we nog vragen aan onze leerkrachten en waar botsen we op de grenzen? Bestaat onderwijsvrijheid nog? En wat doen we met al die onheilsberichten die opduiken in media en onderzoeksrapporten? Een humanist kan niet langs de zijlijn toekijken. Hij of zij moet zich mengen in het debat over onderwijs en standpunten innemen die het ideologische, het economische en levensbeschouwelijke overstijgen.

De school van het vrije denken bekijkt het Vlaamse onderwijs met een humanistische blik, wars van politieke denkkaders.
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ISBN: 9789057188541

Aantal pagina’s: 176

De auteur

Jimmy Koppen is doctor in de geschiedenis, raadgever onderwijs voor Open Vld en verbonden aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel en UGent. In dit essay spreekt hij als vrijzinnig humanist.

Hij is lid van de humanistische denktank Kwintessens, waarvan dit essay de eerste publicatie in een nieuwe reeks is.

Deutsches Freimaurerlexikon Dosch Reinhold

Reinhold Dosch

Deutsches Freimaurerlexikon

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Fast zwölf Jahre nach Erscheinen der ersten Ausgabe galt es nicht nur, die Stichworte auf Aktualität zu überprüfen, sondern vielmehr ein Ausrufezeichen zu setzen für die wieder erstarkende Freimaurerei. Nicht allein Dan Browns „Verlorenes Symbol“ hat das Interesse an dieser verschwiegenen Bruderschaft geweckt, sondern ebenso die zahlreichen Aktivitäten vieler Logen für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in jüngster Zeit. Ein systematisches, deutschsprachiges Kompendium dient vorrangig dem Bruder, sich im freimaurerischen Alltag zurechtzufinden. Es soll ihm praktische Hilfe geben. Gleichwohl versachlicht es die unzähligen Interpretationen und Deutungsversuche und versucht, einen objektiven Blick auf Geschichte und Gegenwart der „Königlichen Kunst“ zu werfen. Der an Selbsterkenntnis Interessierte findet umfassende Anregungen. Es wird die Transparenz fördern, die dringend Not tut, bestehen doch noch heute genügend Vorurteile und Zerrbilder. Aber es ist vor allem ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer, dass mit den Idealen des Freimaurers Glaube, Liebe und Hoffnung in unserer schnelllebigen, von Technik bestimmten Welt wieder mehr Gehör finden mögen.

ISBN: 978-3-7065-4522-8
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Networks of Enlightenment. Digital Approaches to the Republic of Letters Edmondson, Chloe & Edelstein, Dan

Networks of Enlightenment
Digital Approaches to the Republic of Letters
Edmondson, Chloe & Edelstein, Dan

Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2019:06


ISBN978-1-786-94196-1
Pages320
FormatPaperback
Price
Price£65.00


While many periods of history are popularly known by their 'great men', the Enlightenment stands out for the prominence of its 'great groups’. This volume assembles leading scholars using data-driven scholarship to study the networks that made the Enlightenment possible, and contributed to creating a new sense of European identity. From Voltaire’s correspondence with Catherine the Great, to Adam Smith’s travels on the European continent, mediated and unmediated communication networks were the lifeline of the Enlightenment. What is particularly notable about the Enlightenment is how these different networks were central to their participants’ identity. One could not take part in the Enlightenment on one’s own.
Although some older historical studies highlight the importance of social networks in the Enlightenment, data-driven approaches allow for a more comprehensive and granular understanding of the many different types of networks that formed the intellectual and cultural infrastructure of the Enlightenment throughout Europe. The recent influx of metadata from the correspondences of major Enlightenment figures now allows scholars to study these networks at both the micro and macro levels, and to explore the worlds of the philosophes and the “nodes” in their networks in rich detail.
It is at this intersection of Enlightenment historiography, data capture, and social network analysis that the essays collected in this volume all fall, taking advantage of new data sources, configurations, and modes of analysis to deepen our understanding of how Enlightenment sociability worked, who it included, and what it meant for participants.
Author Information
Chloe Edmondson is a PhD candidate in the Department of French & Italian at Stanford University. She specializes in French literary and cultural history of the long eighteenth century, with a particular focus on letter-writing practices. Her work in the field of digital humanities has appeared in the Journal of Modern History and Digital Humanities Quarterly. Dan Edelstein is the William H. Bonsall Professor of French and, by courtesy, History at Stanford University. He is the author, most recently, of 'On the Spirit of Rights' (Chicago, 2018). He is also active in the field of digital humanities, notably through the "Mapping the Republic of Letters" project.