Smith, Huston : University of California, Berkeley
Huston Smith is widely regarded as the most eloquent and accessible contemporary authority on the history of religions.
A leading figure in the comparative philosophy of religion, he has taught at Washington University, MIT, and Syracuse
University. He currently teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.
Review
"An intellectually exciting book, as accessible to the layman as to the scholar."
--The Los Angeles Times
�One of our foremost scholars and interpreters of the world�s religions�What he has learned, he has applied
to life.
--Bill Moyers
". . . truly a book of wisdom to accompany readers . . . into the light of a new millennium."
--Library Journal
Submitted by the Publisher, April, 2002
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
p. 1
Modernity's Tunnel
p. 7
Who's Right About Reality: Traditionalists, Modernists, or the Postmoderns?
p. 11
The Great Outdoors and the Tunnel Within It
p. 23
The Tunnel as Such
p. 42
The Tunnel's Floor: Scientism
p. 59
The Tunnel's Left Wall: Higher Education
p. 79
The Tunnel's Roof: The Media
p. 103
The Tunnel's Right Wall: The Law
p. 121
The Light at the Tunnel's End
p. 135
Light
p. 137
Is Light Increasing: Two Scenarios
p. 145
Discerning the Signs of the Times
p. 154
Three Sciences ant the Road Ahead
p. 174
Terms for the Detente
p. 187
This Ambiguous World
p. 205
The Big Picture
p. 213
Spiritual Personality Types
p. 234
Spirit
p. 255
Epilogue: We Could Be Siblings Yet
p. 272
Index
p. 279
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