myth

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• SOURCE: Religion News Services
  11/29/2021
  

  Taylor Swift Takes a Familiar Path to Hell and Back

  by Peter Manseau

  "In its own way, “All Too Well” tells a story not unlike myths of yore. It dabbles not in mythology, per se, but in the so-called “monomyth,” popularized as “The Hero’s Journey” by the folklorist Joseph Campbell almost 75 years ago."

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• SOURCE: Texas Monthly
  5/19/2021
  

  The Next Battle of the Alamo! (Excerpt)

  A new book takes on Texans' embrace of the Alamo myth and the politics of preserving the site, with an odd detour through the Alamo memorabilia collection of British pop star Phil Collins. 

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• 11/1/2020
  

  Nostalgia and Progress: Fake History and the 2020 Elections

  by Walter G. Moss

  Trump's encouragement of a nostalgic, pseudohistorical understanding of the past thwarts both the hope for betterment and the determined realism Americans need at this moment. 

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• SOURCE: Patheos
  7/23/2020
  

  Os Guinness, Eric Metaxas, and Their Dangerous Myths of American History

  by Abram Van Engen

  "Only when we begin to see the multiplicity and complexity of history can we begin to understand how God moves in it and through it, and how we, in the present, can and should respond—righting wrongs and attempting to shine a light in dark places," writes Abram Van Engen.

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• SOURCE: Civil War Memory
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  Does a Confederate Flag Belong in a House of Worship?

  The Citadel could lose nearly $1 million in Charleston County funding if it does not agree to remove a Confederate flag from Summerall Chapel, Councilman Henry Darby.