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To all those who love to quote one side of a coin, "In God We Trust," never turning it over to read "In Diversity United," this is essential reading. All cultures survive and perish on their stories, but the unexamined story, as Collins demonstrates, is a perverse lie, a tool for propagandists and tyrants.

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As Homeland Mythology shows, these biblical narratives have, over time, inspired a multitude of nationalist narratives, myths ingeniously spun out to justify a number of decidedly unchristian policies and institutions.

As Homeland Mythology shows, these biblical narratives have, over time, inspired a multitude of nationalist narratives, myths ingeniously spun out to justify a number of decidedly unchristian policies and institutions-from Indian genocide, the slave trade, and the exploitation of immigrant workers to Manifest Destiny, imperial expansionism, and, most recently, preemptive wa. n March 25, 2001, in a rare moment o. The cynical use of religion to cloak criminal behavior is always worth exposing, but why our leaders lie to us is no longer a mystery. What does remain mysterious is why so many of us are disposed to 'believe' their lies.

Homeland Mythology: Biblical Narratives in American Culture. by Christopher Collins. Since 9/11, America has presented itself to the world as a Christianist culture, no less antimodern and nostalgic for an idealized past than its Islamist foes. For Americans, the prime source for this dom myth is the Bible, with its many narratives of blessings gained, lost, and regained: the garden of Eden, the covenant with Abraham, the bondage in Egypt, the exodus under Moses, the glory of David and Solomon’s realm, the coming of the promised Messiah, his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven, his.

As Homeland Mythology shows, these biblical narratives have, over time . He is the author of several books including Reading the Written Image: Verbal Play, Interpretation, and the Roots of Iconophobia (Penn State. Christopher Collins has done us a great service in examining the roots of many of our unexamined national myths. He is the author of several books including Reading the Written Image: Verbal Play, Interpretation, and the Roots of Iconophobia (Penn State, 1991).

As Homeland Mythology shows, these biblical narratives have, over time, inspired a multitude of nationalist narratives, myths ingeniously spun out to justify a number of decidedly unchristian policies and institutions-from Indian.

In the book, Festinger and his colleagues write "The experiences of this observer well characterize the state of affairs following the . Homeland Mythology: Biblical Narratives in American Culture. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-04724-9.

After this incident, many of the members returned home and abandoned their initial belief. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 2007. A continuation of the previous theme, in Authority Figures, showing how biblical myths have been used in American political rhetoric to construct quasi-historical narratives that justify social inequality). Authority Figures: Metaphors of Mastery from the Iliad to the Apocalypse. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996.