Sept. 26th, 2011 Cosmogonic Myths = creation stories

We will meet at Cheapside at 7:30 pm or the Assembly room of First Presbyterian at 7:15 pm.
How does the Biblical account of creation draw on and compare to other creation myths? 

Historian religion Mircea Eliade has categorized creation myths into five major types: ex nihilo, earth diver, emergence, dismemberment, and cosmic egg/chaos.  To learn more check out Eliade, Mircea (1963). Patterns in comparative religion. The New American Library-Meridian Books. ISBN 9780529019158.