In this challenging and provocative collection of 19 essays on comparative philosophy, religion and culture, one of the foremost thinkers of our time provides his most insightful and important reflections on the state of humans' spiritual life. "Eclectic and rich in scope . . . tightly argued and beautifully written".--Library Journal.
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In this challenging and provocative collection of 19 essays on comparative philosophy, religion and culture, one of the foremost thinkers of our time provides his most insightful and important reflections on the state of humans' spiritual life. "Eclectic and rich in scope . . . tightly argued and beautifully written".--Library Journal.
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Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 23x15cm, xxx, 290 pp., Includes bibliographical references and index. "Books by Huston Smith" (p. [281]-287). Contents: Foreword by Huston Smith; Foundations: Accents of the World's Philosophie; Accents of the World's Religions; Truth in Comparative Perspective; The Splendid Prism: East Asia: Transcendence in Traditional China; Tao Now: An Ecological Testament; A Note on Shinto; Spiritual Discipline in Zen and Comparative Perspective; "Celestial Mirages": Reflections on Thought and Truth; South Asia: India and the Infinite; Vedic Religion and the Soma Experience; The Importance of the Buddha; Tibetan Chant: Including the Spirit; The West: The Western Way: An Essay on Reason and the Given; The Conceptual Crisis in the Modern West; Western Philosophy as a Great Religion; Consequemces: Social, Educational, and Ecumenial: The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World; Another World to Live in, or How I Teach the Inductory Course; This Ecumenical Moment: What Are We Seeking? ; Postmodernism's Impact on the Study of Religion.