Publication
Imprint: Oakton, Virginia. : Foundation for Traditional Studies, c1994. Responsibility: Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Katherine O'Brien. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes contributor biographies, index.
Call number
PS / Nasr
ISBN
0962998427 / 9780962998423
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Many of the leading voices in the field of traditional studies treat such topics as modernism, science, liberation theology, Native American art, psychology ans astrology, in this collection of essays. This book is essential reading for those in quest of the rediscovery of the sacred in human life. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Meaning behind the absurd / William Stoddart --
Message / Frithjof Schuon --
Religion and tradition / Victor Danner --
Tradition and human society / Gai Eaton --
Spiritual personality types / Huston Smith --
The zodiac of the soul / Whitall N. Perry --
The fundamental nature of the conflicts between modern and traditional man / Rama Coomaraswamy --
Traditional economics and liberation theology / Rama Coomaraswamy --
What is the western tradition? / Lee D. Snyder --
Islamic science and western science / Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
The sacred language of North American Plains Indian art forms / Joseph Epes Brown --
The world of today in the light of tradition / Martin Lings.
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Table of Contents: Meaning behind the absurd / William Stoddart --
Message / Frithjof Schuon --
Religion and tradition / Victor Danner --
Tradition and human society / Gai Eaton --
Spiritual personality types / Huston Smith --
The zodiac of the soul / Whitall N. Perry --
The fundamental nature of the conflicts between modern and traditional man / Rama Coomaraswamy --
Traditional economics and liberation theology / Rama Coomaraswamy --
What is the western tradition? / Lee D. Snyder --
Islamic science and western science / Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
The sacred language of North American Plains Indian art forms / Joseph Epes Brown --
The world of today in the light of tradition / Martin Lings.
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Physical description
220 p.; 23 cm
Description
A compelling collection of essays by many of the leading voices in the field of traditional studies, this book examines the major aspects of religion and modern society. Contributors include Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Huston Smith, Martin Lings, Joseph Epes Brown, Gai Eaton and Rama Coomaraswamy, among others, on such topics as modernism, science, liberation theology, Native American art, psychology and astrology. Much more than the usual academic anthology, this excellent collection is proof of the contemporary, therapeutic importance of the Perennial Wisdom and is essential reading for those in quest of the rediscovery of the sacred in human life
Language
Original language
English