Author: Smith, Huston [Bryant, M. Darral; editor:]
Title: Essays on World Religion
Description: New York, NY, Paragon House, 1992. 1st Edition, orig. boards. 23x15cm, xxx, 290 pp. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Books by Huston Smith" (p. [281]-287).. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ 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.

Keywords: Comparative Religion, Asian Religions, Buddhism Hinduism, Buddhist Hindu, Philosophy, , , ,