The World's Religions, by Huston Smith, has been a standard introduction to its eponymous subject since its first publication in 1958. Smith writes humbly, forswearing judgment on the validity of world religions. His introduction asks, "How does it all sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? ... We cannot know. All we can ...
The World's Religions, by Huston Smith, has been a standard introduction to its eponymous subject since its first publication in 1958. Smith writes humbly, forswearing judgment on the validity of world religions. His introduction asks, "How does it all sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? ... We cannot know. All we can do is try to listen carefully and with full attention to each voice in turn as it addresses the divine. Such listening defines the purpose of this book." His criteria for inclusion and analysis of religions in this book are "relevance to the modern mind" and "universality," and his interest in each religion is more concerned with its principles than its context. Therefore, he avoids cataloging the horrors and crimes of which religions have been accused, and he attempts to show each "at their best." Yet The World's Religions is no pollyannaish romp: "It is about religion alive," Huston writes. "It calls the soul to the highest adventure it can undertake, a proposed journey across the jungles, peaks, and deserts of the human spirit. The call is to confront reality." And by translating the voices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism, among others, Smith has amplified the divine call for generations of readers. --Michael Joseph Gross
Huston Smith is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. For fifteen years he was Professor of Philosophy at M.I.T. and for a decade before that he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently he has served as Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley...
Huston Smith is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. For fifteen years he was Professor of Philosophy at M.I.T. and for a decade before that he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently he has served as Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Holder of twelve honorary degrees, Smith’s fourteen books include The World’s Religions which has sold over 2 ½ million copies, and Why Religion Matters which won the Wilbur Award for the best book on religion published in 2001. In 1996 Bill Moyers devoted a 5-part PBS Special, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith, to his life and work. His film documentaries on Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have all won International. awards, and The Journal of Ethnomusicology lauded his discovery of Tibetan multiphonic chanting, Music of Tibet, as “an important landmark in the study of music."
从某美高扒下来的comparative religion课本，非常入门友好，主要看了下最近比较有兴趣的buddhism和taoism, 对比christianity. 大概前者和我这个人本身不会有什么关系了（会想要研究但不想做实践者），因为实在喜欢不起来，尤其是它们对语言的看法（"those who know don't say; those who say don't know."），我还是觉得...从某美高扒下来的comparative religion课本，非常入门友好，主要看了下最近比较有兴趣的buddhism和taoism, 对比christianity. 大概前者和我这个人本身不会有什么关系了（会想要研究但不想做实践者），因为实在喜欢不起来，尤其是它们对语言的看法（"those who know don't say; those who say don't know."），我还是觉得呢无论是什么道理还是内心体验，说不出来就算作不懂/不存在，说得越精准越自由。(展开)
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1 有用 Hong 2008-09-19 18:29:21
說不上是巨著，但作為入門書或教科書卻十分不錯，本來無打算要讀它，全因教學之故，所謂「陪太子讀書」，只好速速看完它。不喜歡他口水多多，但對故事的編排和重點的鋪陳都是有水準的，而者對各個宗教的重點都掌握得很好，並十分客觀持平
0 有用 左树 2012-09-06 22:05:24
这个，超级通俗！！！推荐
0 有用 linj 2016-02-24 20:04:12
religion at its best
0 有用 Gray 2022-05-19 10:19:52
从某美高扒下来的comparative religion课本，非常入门友好，主要看了下最近比较有兴趣的buddhism和taoism, 对比christianity. 大概前者和我这个人本身不会有什么关系了（会想要研究但不想做实践者），因为实在喜欢不起来，尤其是它们对语言的看法（"those who know don't say; those who say don't know."），我还是觉得... 从某美高扒下来的comparative religion课本，非常入门友好，主要看了下最近比较有兴趣的buddhism和taoism, 对比christianity. 大概前者和我这个人本身不会有什么关系了（会想要研究但不想做实践者），因为实在喜欢不起来，尤其是它们对语言的看法（"those who know don't say; those who say don't know."），我还是觉得呢无论是什么道理还是内心体验，说不出来就算作不懂/不存在，说得越精准越自由。 (展开)
0 有用 Lee 2018-09-05 14:00:59
读了佛教章，作者的视角不是历史的，也不是文献学的，或者哲学的。难道这就是传说中的宗教学路数？书中说四圣谛之二是tanha, 似与十二因缘相混淆。又译大小乘之乘为舟，很奇怪。说大乘的priest可以结婚，不通。所引资料与图书，除Conze的Buddhist Scriptures较正经，其它都是些未听说过的英语畅销书。