Modern mythology vs Myth and ritual in Christianity: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Mythology

Modern mythology Andrew Lang · 1897 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 169 pages · ≈ 3 h 08 m · Challenging

xxiv p., 1 l., 212 p. 23 cm.

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Myth and ritual in Christianity Alan Watts · 1953 ★★★★☆ 4.1 262 pages · ≈ 4 h 51 m · Moderate

A penetrating and wide-ranging study of mythological processes and their particular manifestation in Christian religion, Alan Watt's Myth and Ritual in Christianity is widely considered a classic. Using the lens of the…

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Readers rate Myth and ritual in Christianity highest: Myth and ritual in Christianity 4.1 · Modern mythology 3.4.
Myth and ritual in Christianity has the widest readership — 206 ratings behind its score.

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	Modern mythology	Myth and ritual in Christianity
Goodreads	3.4 (116)	4.2 (206)
Apple Books	3.0 (26)	—

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	Modern mythology	Myth and ritual in Christianity
Ratings	116	206
Editions	73	15
Film adaptations	1	—
Want to read	336	567
Reading it now	27	36
Written reviews	6	19
Wikipedia attention	26997	—
Pages	169	262

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