The Huston Smith Reader. Huston Smith
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The Huston Smith
Reader
Edited, with an Introduction, by
Jeffery Paine
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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© 2012 by Huston Smith
For acknowledgment of previous publication, please see credits, page 255.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Smith, Huston.
The Huston Smith reader / edited with an introduction by Jeffery Paine.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-520-27022-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Religion. 2. Religions. I. Paine, Jeffery, 1944– II. Title.
BL27.S39 2012
200—dc23 2011030335
Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Preview: The Book Now in Your Hands
Introduction: Grand Tour of All the Worlds
BOOK ONE. A PERSONAL STARTING POINT
BOOK TWO. THE SACRED DIMENSIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
4. The Sacred Dimensions of Everyday life
6. The Revolution in Western Thought
BOOK THREE. I NEVER MET A RELIGION I DIDN'T LIKE
10. What They Have that We Lack: On Native American Religion
11. Three Ways of Relating to the World. Three Geographies. Three Religious Traditions
12. Shinto: A Japanese Sense of the Sacred
13. The Spiritual Heritage of India
14. The Importance of the Buddha
16. The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World
17. Educating the Intellect: On Opening the Eye of the Heart
18. Do Drugs Have Religious Import?
21. Western Philosophy as a Great Religion
BOOK FIVE. RETURN TO THE PERSONAL
23. Reflections upon Turning Ninety
Conclusion: The Sacred Unconscious
Afterword: The Man Who Took Religion Seriously:Huston Smith in Context Dana Sawyer