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Joseph J. Campbell (1904 – 1987) was an American mythologist, perhaps best known for his PBS miniseries, '''The Power of Myth,''' based off his book of the same name and another book titled "The Hero with a Thousand Faces."

Joseph J. Campbell (1904 – 1987) was an American mythologist, perhaps best known for his PBS miniseries, '''The Power of Myth,''' based on his book of the same name and another book titled ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''.

==Personal Life==

==Personal Life==

Joseph Campbell was born in 1904 to a conservative, Catholic family in White Plains, New York<ref>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3846</ref>.  

Joseph Campbell was born in 1904 to a conservative, Catholic family in White Plains, New York. <ref>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3846</ref> He remained a political conservative throughout his life. <ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/who-is-joseph-campbell.htm</ref> However, his books and other writings show him to have been an atheist as an adult. <ref>http://www.solvinglight.com/features/theserpentworshippers02.htm</ref> His books use questionable academic tactics and relativism in an attempt argue against the factual accuracy of Christian scripture. <ref>Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973.</ref>

In 1938, Joseph Campbell married Jean Erdman, whom he remained married to for the remainder of his life. Campbell was a conservative throughout his life<ref>http://www.wisegeek.com/who-is-joseph-campbell.htm</ref>.

In 1938, Joseph Campbell married Jean Erdman, to whom he remained married for the remainder of his life.

He passed away due to esophageal cancer in 1987<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/02/obituaries/joseph-campbell-writer-known-for-his-scholarship-on-mythology.html</ref>.

He passed away due to esophageal cancer in 1987. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/02/obituaries/joseph-campbell-writer-known-for-his-scholarship-on-mythology.html</ref>

==Professional Life==

==Professional Life==