Huston Smith: 13 books
by Huston Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
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,...
The Soul of Christianity
Restoring the Great Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
"I have tried to describe a Christianity which is fully compatible with everything we now know, and to indicate why Christians feel privileged to give their lives to it."
—Huston Smith
In his most personal and passionate book on the spiritual life, renowned author, scholar, and teacher of...
by Henry Rosemont Jr., Huston Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
In this provocative volume two important scholars of religion, Huston Smith and Henry Rosemont, Jr., put forth their viewpoints and share a probing conversation. Though the two diverge considerably in their accounts of religious faith and practice, they also agree on fundamental points. Huston Smith,...
And Live Rejoicing
Chapters from a Charmed Life — Personal Encounters with Spiritual Mavericks, Remarkable Seekers, and the World's Great Religious Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Spiritual trailblazer Huston Smith has written comprehensive books about religion and a memoir of his own life, but nowhere has he merged the two elements of seeking and experience with such storytelling flair as he has in these pages. Few have done as much as Smith to explore and illuminate the world’s...
Why Religion Matters
The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Huston Smith, the author of the classic bestseller The World's Religions, delivers a passionate, timely message: The human spirit is being suffocated by the dominant materialistic worldview of our times. Smith champions a society in which religion is once again treasured and authentically practiced as the vital source of human wisdom.
Tales of Wonder
Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
“In this delightful autobiography, Smith tells us how he became the dean of world religion experts. Along the way we meet the people who shaped him and shared his journey—a Who’s Who of 20th century spiritual America: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary,...
Islam
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
The world's premier authority on religious traditions presents a concise and timely guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Islam.
Drawn from his masterful presentation of Islam in the bestselling book The World's Religions (over two million copies sold), Huston Smith offers a revealing...
The World's Religions, Revised and Updated
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The World’s Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as...
The Divine Within
Selected Writings on Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Brave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the "ultimate reality".
In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being, good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual...
by Huston Smith
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Il capolavoro di Huston Smith, autorità indiscussa in tema di grandi religioni, va al cuore delle maggiori fedi del mondo – Induismo, Buddhismo, Confucianesimo, Taoismo, Ebraismo, Cristianesimo, Islam, senza trascurare le religioni native dell’Australia, dell’Africa, dell’Oceania e dell’America...
Buddhism
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.
Beyond the Postmodern Mind
The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
This new edition of acclaimed essays explores sea changes in the relationship between religion and science over the course of Western culture and suggest possible breakthroughs toward reaching an enlightened consciousness.
Teaching with Joy
Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working...