425: Lewis - Myth Became Fact
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Myth, Mystery, and Social Order
How retained myths and rituals sustain social virtues, hierarchy, and civic identity over time.
The Hangman's Nous. In this episode, we read an excerpt from The Maniac, by G.K. Chesterton, followed by Myth Became Fact, from C.S. Lewis' book of essays, "God in the Dock." The primary question we discuss, then, is whether men and women can live a healthy and sane life with mystery, without myth, and without higher truth. What has happened to modern churches that exorcised mystery from preaching, teaching, evangelism, and worship? What anchors the Body of Christ when it's unmoored from Church history and tradition? What have been the consequences for churches that treat the Christian story as more fantasy than fact? What does Lewis mean that God is "mythopoeic"? What does it mean that Christianity is, according to Lewis, "perfect myth and perfect fact"?
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God in the Dock https://www.orcuttchristian.org/Lewis%20CS%20-%20God_in_the_Dock.pdf
Orthodoxy - G.K. Cherston https://ccel.org/ccel/chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy.iv.html
Planet Narnia by Michael Ward https://amzn.to/4jYwhFo
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