Convenient Myths: The Axial Age, Dark Green Religion, and the World that Never Was

Author:   Iain Provan
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
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9781602589926


Pages:   171
Publication Date:   30 September 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Convenient Myths: The Axial Age, Dark Green Religion, and the World that Never Was


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"The contemporary world has been shaped by two important and potent myths. Karl Jaspers' construct of the """"axial age"""" envisions the common past (800-200 BC), the time when Western society was born and world religions spontaneously and independently appeared out of a seemingly shared value set. Conversely, the myth of the """"dark green golden age,"""" as narrated by David Suzuki and others, asserts that the axial age and the otherworldliness that accompanied the emergence of organized religion ripped society from a previously deep communion with nature. Both myths contend that to maintain balance we must return to the idealized past. In Convenient Myths, Iain Provan illuminates the influence of these two deeply entrenched and questionable myths, warns of their potential dangers, and forebodingly maps the implications of a world founded on such myths."

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Author:   Iain Provan
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.274kg
ISBN:  

9781602589926


ISBN 10:   1602589925
Pages:   171
Publication Date:   30 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This is an important book to read, not just for those who are tempted to believe in the axial age or dark green golden age, but for any people who are tempted to disrespect their dead neighbors by distorting history to pursue a present agenda. --Elliot Ritzema All is Grist Overall [ Convenient Myths] makes a persuasive case, albeit often against popular writers, and offers a salient warning against the uncritical appropriation of cultural assumptions.--, --R.S. Watson Society for Old Testament Study


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Iain Provan is the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College. He lives in the Vancouver, Canada area.

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