The "Huston Smith" reader

For more than sixty years, Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world’s religions, he has lived them. This __Reader__ presents a rich selection of Smith’s writings, covering six decades of inquiry and exploration, and ranging from scholarship to memoir. Over his long academic career, Smith’s tireless enthusiasm for religious ideas has offered readers both in and outside the academy a fresh understanding of what religion is and what makes it meaningful. __The Huston Smith Reader__ offers a comprehensive guide to understanding religion and spirituality as well as a memorable record of Huston Smith’s lifelong endeavor to enrich the inner lives of his fellow humans. Content: Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preview: The Book Now in Your Hands Introduction: Grand Tour of All the Worlds Welcome to the Reader Book One: A Personal Starting Point Chapter 1. N o Wasted Journey Chapter 2. The Way Things Are Book Two: The Sacred Dimensions of Everyday Life Chapter 3. Two Kinds of Teaching Chapter 4. The Sacred Dimensions of Everyday Life Chapter 5. Light Chapter 6. The Revolution in Western Thought Chapter 7. Empirical Metaphysics Book Three: I Never Met a Religion I Didn't Like Chapter 8: My Three Other Religions. Chapter 9: Explaining FundamentalismChapter 10: What They Have that We Lack: On Native American Religion Chapter 11: Three Ways of Relating to the World. Three Geographies. Three Religious Traditions Chapter 12: Shinto: A Japanese Sense of the Sacred Chapter 13: The Spiritual Heritage of India Chapter 14: The Importance of the Buddha Chapter 15: Tibetan Chanting Chapter 16: The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World Book Four: The Big Picture Chapter 17: Educating the Intellect: On Opening the Eye of the Heart Chapter 18: Do Drugs Have Religious Import? Chapter 19: The Levels of RealityChapter 20: The Levels of Selfhood Chapter 21: Western Philosophy as a Great Religion Book Five. Return to the Personal Chapter 22: Encountering God Chapter 23: Reflections upon Turning Ninety Conclusion: The Sacred Unconscious Afterword: The Man Who Took Religion Seriously: Huston Smith in Context Works by Huston Smith Credits.

For more than sixty years, Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world's religions, he has lived them. This Reader presents a rich selection of Smith's writings, covering six decades of inquiry and exploration, and ranging from scholarship to memoir. Over his long academic career, Smith's tireless enthusiasm for religious ideas has offered readers both in and outside the academy a fresh understanding of what religion is and what makes it meaningful. The Huston Smith Reader offers a comprehensive guide to understanding religion and spirituality as well as a memorable record of Huston Smith's lifelong endeavor to enrich the inner lives of his fellow humans.

Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world's religions, he has lived them. Over his long academic career, Smith's tireless enthusiasm for religious ideas has offered readers both in and outside the academy a fresh understanding of what religion is and what makes it meaningful. This title presents a selection of Smith's writings.