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The author shares his insights into the future role of religion in human affairs as he explores the challenges confronting the human spirit in the modern world.
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Huston Smith, the most eloquent and respected world authority on religion, offers a timely manifesto on the urgent need to restore the role of religion as the primary humanizing force for individuals and society. Weaving together insights from comparative religions, theology, philosophy, science, and history, along with examples drawn from current events and his own extraordinary personal experience, Smith gives both a convincing historical and social critique and a profound expression of hope for the spiritual condition of humanity.
Author Biography
Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions. He is the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California at Berkeley. The recipient of twelve honorary degrees, Smith's fifteen books include his bestselling The World's Religions, Why Religion Matters, and his autobiography, Tales of Wonder.
Review
"One of our foremost scholars and interpreters of the world's religions...What he has learned, he has applied to life." -- Bill Moyers"An intellectually exciting book, as accessible to the layman as to the scholar." -- The Los Angeles Times". . . truly a book of wisdom to accompany readers . . . into the light of a new millennium." -- Library Journal
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". . . truly a book of wisdom to accompany readers . . . into the light of a new millennium."
Description for Teachers/Educators
In his book Why Religion Matters, Huston Smith writes about how religion is being stifled by scientism, the mass media culture, education without soul, and a legal system without morality. According to Smith, religion must be liberated from these bonds if the human spirit is to experience its true depth and potential. Smith, the most renowned and beloved authority on world religions, delivers a powerful message that he feels is vitally needed now. We increasingly live in a world in which the human spirit is being suffocated in a society in which scientific reductionism, mass media trivialization of culture, functional education, and a soulless legal system dominate our everyday values and judgment. Why Religion Matters presents the argument that our great wisdom traditions - religion and philosophy--annot ultimately be denied. If they are honored and championed, there is great hope for humankind. Otherwise, we will go on living in a distorted culture and society, not realizing our full potential.
Details ISBN0060671025 Author Huston Smith Short Title WHY RELIGION MATTERS Pages 304 Language English ISBN-10 0060671025 ISBN-13 9780060671020 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Country of Publication United States Imprint HarperOne Subtitle the Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief Place of Publication New York Residence CA, US Birth 1945 Edition New edition DOI 10.1604/9780060671020 US Release Date 2006-06-27 UK Release Date 2006-06-27 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-06-27 Alternative 9780061756245 DEWEY 210 Audience General AU Release Date 2002-04-08 NZ Release Date 2002-03-04 Imprint US HarperOne Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this
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