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Doubting History and Myth Doubting History and Myth
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Myth and Different Types of Narratives Myth and Different Types of Narratives
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Myths Are Stories with Social Impact Myths Are Stories with Social Impact
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Not All Stories with Impact Are Myths Not All Stories with Impact Are Myths
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Myths Are Elected Out of a Storehouse of “Factions” Myths Are Elected Out of a Storehouse of “Factions”
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Myth and Truth Myth and Truth
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Myth and Utopia Myth and Utopia
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Myths of Origin Myths of Origin
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Utopias Utopias
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Myths of the Golden Age Myths of the Golden Age
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Dystopias Dystopias
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Ideology and Aspects of Relativism Ideology and Aspects of Relativism
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Utopia as Method Utopia as Method
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Critical Concerns Critical Concerns
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The Quest for the Humanities (Including the History of Religions) The Quest for the Humanities (Including the History of Religions)
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Revisionist History Revisionist History
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Seductive Narration Seductive Narration
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Past and Future Past and Future
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Notes Notes
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5 Myths and Utopias, Critics and Caretakers: In Defense of Revisionist History
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Published:November 2018
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Abstract
This chapter presents a more direct challenge to Bruce Lincoln’s work, arguing that a purely critical method is ultimately insufficient and that a balanced approach to the study of religion also requires space for hope—that is, the hope for a possible future of the sort found in utopian narratives. Examining a wide range of narrative forms, from folktales and legends to utopian and dystopian myths, the chapter makes a strong case for the importance of humanistic scholarship in the twenty-first century. This would include not only the critical interrogation of religious narratives that Lincoln advocates but also a more hopeful exploration of the ways in which these narratives can open new ways of imagining the future.
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