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This new edition of critically acclaimed essays explores possible breakthroughs in the direction of reaching a liberated and enlightened consciousness. With a new preface and new final chapter. An invaluable collection of essays by the foremost religious writer in America today.

This book has seven basic chapters: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. These he calls the "Major Historical Religions". They all have sacred texts. This book was intended to be a brief survey without an in-depth analysis. A new section was added to The World's Religions. It is entitled "The Primal Religions". It describes a broad sweep of religions such as those practiced by the Australian Aborigines, b...

This classic masterpiece on the subject of comparative religion explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the native traditions of the Americas, Australia, Africa, and Oceania. Emphasizing the inner rather than institutional dimensions of these religions, this survey devotes special attention to Zen and Tibetan Buddhism,...

Smith's life is a story of uncanny synchronicity. He was there for pivotal moments in human history such as the founding of the United Nations and the student uprising at Tiananmen Square. As he traveled the world he encountered thinkers who shaped the twentieth century, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., and Thomas Merton. In search of intellectual and spiritual treasures, Smith traveled to India to meet with Mother Teresa, ...

Huston Smith's masterpiece explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the native traditions of Australia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.Emphasizing the inner—rather than the institutional—dimension of these religions, Smith devotes special attention to Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, and the teachings of Jesus. He c...

The classic companion to The World's Religions that articulates the remarkable unity underlying the world's religious traditions. "Smith's style reflects his subject, he is by turns a mystic sage, a poet, and above all a philosopher".--Publishers Weekly. Includes a new preface by the author. 11 diagrams.

This dean of world religious education presents the essential teaching of Christianity and--for the first time--his own profound Christian faith and conviction.

Examining basic Christianity, this thesis explains that society is living through the second of two great revolutions. The first, that of the scientific method that emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries, was disastrous for the human spirit. The current revolution is constructive, however, because it allows society to see where secularism went wrong, making the 20th century an era of violence, not progress, and rendering the institutions of co...

An internationally revered author on world religions delivers his manifesto on the greatest challenges facing the human spirit in a world dominated by materialism, consumerism, educational elitism, and a governmental and legal system without morality.

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Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people who shaped the twentieth century. His extraordinary travels around the globe have taken him to the world's holiest places, where he has practiced religion with many of the great spirit...

A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.

Originally titled "The Religions of Man, " this completely revised and updated edition of Smith's masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the native traditions of the Americas, Australia, Africa, and Oceania. Emphasizing the inner -- rather than institutional -- dimensio...

Here is a unique study of all the world's great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. This book is neither a history or a critique. Instead it explains, simply and sympathetically, the basic tenants of each religion and the reasons why it attracts millions of devout followers. As the author explains in the first chapter, "This is a book about religion that exists . . . . not as a dull habit but a...

At age 92, spiritual trailblazer Smith takes readers behind the scenes of his near century of adventurous seeking, sharing his personal encounters with spiritual mavericks, remarkable seekers, and the world's great religious leaders.

Sophia, Volume 12, No. 1, features a special section on globalization with articles by leading French Catholic thinkers Jean Bies and Jean Hani, former Bosnian deputy prime minister Rusmir Mahmutcehajic ("Fundamentalism versus Traditional Intellectuality"), and noted Islamic economist Waleed El-Ansary ("The Traditionalist Critique of Industrial Capitalism"). Among the several additional articles are "The Universal Grammar of Religion" by the e...

Este clásico complemento a Las religiones del mundo articula la notable unidad que subyace en todas las grandes tradiciones religiosas. Sabio, místico, poeta y filósofo, Smith recrea en su estilo inimitable el factor común de las religiones del mundo. La verdad olvidada es, en opinión de muchos, la mejor introducción a la religión jamás escrita.