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More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief

By Bernardo Kastrup

Book information

Publisher
Iff Books
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1538177 bytes)
Edition
Kindle Edition
Pages
265\0
Time added
2019-06-26 16:36:52

Description

This book is a three-part journey into the rabbit hole we call the nature of reality. Its ultimate destination is a plausible, living validation of transcendence. Each of its three parts is like a turn of a spiral, exploring recurring ideas through the prisms of religious myth, truth and belief, respectively. With each turn, the book seeks to convey a more nuanced and complete understanding of the many facets of transcendence. Part I puts forward the controversial notion that many religious myths are actually true; and not just allegorically so. Part II argues that our own inner storytelling plays a surprising role in creating the seeming concreteness of things and the tangibility of history. Part III suggests, in the form of a myth, how deeply ingrained belief systems create the world we live in. The three themes, myth, truth and belief, flow into and interpenetrate each other throughout the book.

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