![]() ![]() Smith) from whom Campbell borrows various ideas. Next, the paper outlines the important scholars of religion (William James, Rudolf Otto, Mircea Eliade, Peter Berger, W.C. ![]() The paper begins by identifying Campbell’s major topics (the monomyth structure underlying world mythology, the importance of the hero’s journey, the existence of a higher power or energy, the lack of myth in the modern world, and the notion that religion possesses given qualities). Written to coincide with The Power of Myth’s twenty-fifth anniversary, this paper considers the relevance of Campbell’s book to the secular study of religion in the modern academy. This paper provides a critical analysis of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth, the companion book for the hit PBS series produced by Campbell and Bill Moyers.
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