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Don’t Let Religions Take Myth Literally

Jeffrey Howard
3 min readApr 25, 2021

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Reviewing Karen Armstrong’s 2006 book, A Short History of Myth, I’m reminded of the mistake it was for religions to take the more fundamentalist turn toward trying to literalize mythos away from its most productive avenues.

I am admittedly rather enamored with Karen Armstrong’s approach to mythology and religion.

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Jeffrey Howard

A former educator & mental health professional writing about philosophy, psychology, religion, and culture. Editor-in-Chief of www.erraticus.co