Though he was mainly concerned with the presentation of the faith, his project of "demythologization" has had a wide significance for the historian of religions, for it involves a theory of myth.
"I don't think he was ever introduced to an intellectually credible presentation of the Christian faith," he noted.
The lyrical Tudor cadences of the liturgy, the majestic old Anglican hymns, sung by the school's prized choir, filling the high spaces of the splendid chapel, all began to find a purchase, and Robinson came to see Episcopal worship as an irresistibly attractive presentation of the Christian faith.
The positive presentation of trials was reinforced by faith patients place in the decision of their consultants to offer this treatment.
As with other statements of faith prepared by Congregationalist conventions, it was considered to be a presentation of beliefs shared by the church membership and was not treated as doctrinal law.
He collected his plays in two cycles: Les Tragédies de la foi (1913; "The Tragedies of Faith"), which contains Aërt (1898), and Le Théâtre de la révolution (1904), which includes a presentation of the Dreyfus Affair, Les Loups (1898; The Wolves), and Danton (1900).
His presentation of religious faith in an aesthetic medium at least provides an opportunity for his readers to make their own leap of faith, by appropriating with inward passion the paradoxical religion of Christianity into their own lives.
It is this presentation of raw, imperfect human beings struggling with faith that I appreciated most, as I face these battles within myself every day as a believer.
And MTV, which showed some 30-second public service announcements as part of its presentation, has sufficient faith in its audience's attention span to have begun being a co-producer of feature-length documentaries like Banks Tarver's "I'm a Pro Wrestler" and Ms. Garbus's "Travelers," about a group of homeless young people.
