Myth

"Elegant contributions to the vast literature on mythology, these well informed and thoroughly documented studies enhance our understanding of this elusive topic."--Library Journal (part of dual review)
"Leeming brings myth out of the past and smartly into the present.... Challenges readers to look beyond antiquity and to recognize how artists, writers and scientists help create the modern and postmodern myths through which we achieve self-understanding."--Publishers Weekly
"David Leeming has provided us in this compact book a compelling account of the powers of myth to inform the human condition and ultimately to provide meaning as myth persists from ancient time to the present. Here, the reader will enter into the mythic worlds of classic religious texts, into debates about science and modernism, and perhaps most importantly, into the realm of myth's enduring archetype, the hero."--Richard D. Hecht, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, University of California at Santa Barbara
"A profound interpretation of myth and religion. A must for all seekers after meaning and purpose."--James H. Cone, Briggs Distinguished Professor of Theology, Union Theological Seminary
"In this little book, Leeming's ideas about the emerging myths of the twenty-first century (set suitably into a history of myth) make it essential that, within a few years, he write another book to tell us how it all came out."--Paul Bohannan, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Southern California