The Huston Smith ReaderUniversity of California Press, 26 mrt 2012 - 280 pagina's 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. |
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Welcome to the Reader | |
The Way Things | |
Two Kinds of teaching | |
The Sacred Dimensions of Everyday life | |
light | |
The Revolution in Western Thought | |
Empirical Metaphysics | |
On Native American Religion | |
Three Ways of Relating to the World Three Geographies Three Religious Traditions | |
A Japanese Sense of the Sacred | |
The Spiritual Heritage of India | |
The Importance of the Buddha | |
Tibetan Chanting | |
The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World | |
BOOK FOUR THE BIG PICTURE | |
BOOK THREE I NEVER MET A RELIGION I DIDNT LIKE | |
My Three other Religions | |
Explaining Fundamentalism | |
On Opening the Eye of the Heart | |
Do Drugs Have Religious Import? | |
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