Huston Smith : essays on world religion

by Huston Smith

Hardcover, 1992

Publication

Imprint: New York : Paragon House, 1992. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Huston Smith, edited by M. Darrol Bryant. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxx, 290 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index.

Call number

CR-S / Smith

Barcode

BK-06850

ISBN

1557784477 / 9781557784476

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: Huston Smith is revered in the world's spiritual community as an ecumenical sage of the twentieth century. From considerations of individual identity to reflections on humanity's broadest religious and philosophical venturings, he has bravely explored the deep connections among world spiritual traditions for over thirty years." "The nineteen essays collected in Huston Smith: Essays on World Religions span the career and chart the intellectual journey of this groundbreaking thinker. Originally published in journals of very small circulation, this work has never been available to general readers before. Smith writes with erudition and a warm personal style on such varied phenomena as the psychedelic experience of soma and the vedic religion, the supernatural as it appears to the Chinese intelligentsia, spiritual discipline in Zen training, the simultaneous octave sung by a single Tibetan monk, and the West's obsession with a dichotomy between God and man. This collection provides an intimate glimpse into the development of an extraordinary mind." "The guiding motive of Huston Smith's life and work has been to tenaciously bridge the gap between diverse cultural realities and a single transcendent reality. In this collection's new and engaging foreword, he discusses this approach to a truly global perspective on the spiritual life of humankind. Editor M. Darrol Bryant illuminates the backgrounds of Smith's life and thought in an insightful introduction. -- from jacket flap

Table of Contents: Accents of the world's philosophies
Accents of the world's religions
Truth in comparative perspective
Transcendence in traditional China
Tao now : an ecological testament
A note on Shinto
Spiritual discipline in Zen and comparative perspective
"Celestial mirages" : reflections on thought and truth
India and the infinite
Vedic religion and the Soma experience
The importance of the Buddha
Tibetan chant : inducing the spirit
The western way : an essay on reason and the given
The conceptual crisis in the modern west
Western philosophy as a great religion
The relevance of the great religions for the modern world
Another world to live in, or how I teach the introductory course
This ecumenical moment : what are we seeking?
Postmodernism's impact on the study of religion

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Essays on World Religion by Huston Smith (Paperback)

Physical description

xxx, 290 p.; 24 cm

Description

"Huston Smith is revered in the world's spiritual community as an ecumenical sage of the twentieth century. From considerations of individual identity to reflections on humanity's broadest religious and philosophical venturings, he has bravely explored the deep connections among world spiritual traditions for over thirty years." "The nineteen essays collected in Huston Smith: Essays on World Religions span the career and chart the intellectual journey of this groundbreaking thinker. Originally published in journals of very small circulation, this work has never been available to general readers before. Smith writes with erudition and a warm personal style on such varied phenomena as the psychedelic experience of soma and the vedic religion, the supernatural as it appears to the Chinese intelligentsia, spiritual discipline in Zen training, the simultaneous octave sung by a single Tibetan monk, and the West's obsession with a dichotomy between God and man. This collection provides an intimate glimpse into the development of an extraordinary mind." "The guiding motive of Huston Smith's life and work has been to tenaciously bridge the gap between diverse cultural realities and a single transcendent reality. In this collection's new and engaging foreword, he discusses this approach to a truly global perspective on the spiritual life of humankind. Editor M. Darrol Bryant illuminates the backgrounds of Smith's life and thought in an insightful introduction."--Jacket.… (more)