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Hardback, xxi + 136 pp. including notes, Campbell bibliography, and index Contents: Editor’s foreword / Eugene Kennedy Chapter 1: Metaphor and religious mystery The meaning of myth What myths do Metaphor, the native tongue of myth Metaphor and mystery Chapter 2: The experience of religious mystery Symbolism and religious experience Experiencing mystery Chapter 3: Our notions of God Elements of our experience of the mystery of God Symbols: Out of time and place Chapter 4: The religious imagination and the rules of traditional theology Imagination and its relation to theological inquiry Chapter 5: Symbols of the Judeo-Christian tradition What kinds of gods have we? Genesis Abraham, father of the Jewish people Chapter 6: Understanding the symbols of Judeo-Christian spirituality The virgin birth The cave The infant Flight into Egypt The child as teacher The Messiah Miracles The Last Supper Judas Crucifixion The cross The end of the world Chapter 7: Question period Appendix: A discussion Earthrise—The dawning of a new spiritual awareness