AGAMA DAN MITOS: Dari Imajinasi Kreatif Menuju Realitas yang Dinamis

Myth always comes to be a debatable discourse among the scholars and observers of Islam. Frequently, a scientific study of myth leads to an extreme ideological analysis. From the debates, the side that is in favor of religion is system atically typed into pro and contra. The pro-myth side always says that myth is spirit of life that can arouse the vitality in real life. While, the negative side says that myth merely s the concrete things. In other words, the pro side says that myth concretizes the things, while the contra side is the opposite. From the different perspective, this writing intentionally uncovers their academic-philosophical reasons and identifies the reason why they think so. The questions are expected to reveal the sociological background of each initiator of the concept and theory of myth.