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Myth, Imagination, Fairy Tales, and Fantasy. And Faith.

The line between legend and history can sometimes be thin. Legends often draw on deep and rich storytelling that weaves together fantasies, myths, fairy tales, and a wee bit of history. We may like to think history is more scientific, but historical accounts are often entangled with personal perspectives and interpretive memories. Religion and mythology are sister studies, evoking vision and fantasy with powerful consequences. How do they work together? To what end?

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Recovering Reality: From Fantasy to Faith

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Expanding the Tribe: The Power of Stories that Subvert Our...

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Aligning Belief in the Mythic Power of Nature with...

Religion and myth become one as worshippers imaginatively...

When Myth Became Fact and Men Became Mythmakers

Both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were engaged in...

Fantasy and Myth: Undeceiving Us

Stories are subversive; they tiptoe past (in C. S. Lewis's...

Factual Myth, the Legend of Faith

Without myth, there simply is no Christian faith.

Myth and Fairy Tales: Deeper Visions, Alternate Paths

Fantasy challenges many all-encompassing claims of the...

Imagination Is the Bridge Between the Material and...

In religious traditions around the world, what is real is...

Shaped by a Tangle of Stories

Stories are true insofar as they imitate the story that...

Mary Sue the Barbarian: Mining Our Inner Evil

The Christian writer ought to enjoy a distinct advantage....

C.S. Lewis on Christianity as the True Myth

Paganism contained a good deal of meaningful stuff that...

Gorged on Information, Starving for Wisdom

I love visiting ancient sites, hearing and telling ancient...

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