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Huston Smith : wisdomkeeper : living the world's religions : the authorized biography of a 21st century spiritual giant / by Dana Sawyer.

by Sawyer, Dana, 1951-

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Fons Vitae, 2014.

Religion historians -- United States -- Biography.

Philosophers -- United States -- Biography.

9781891785290 (pbk.)

189178529X (pbk.)

305 p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: The man who wrote the book on the world's religions -- A middle child of the Middle Kingdom -- The night of fire -- Deepening the search -- The best kept secret of the twentieth century -- Hitchhiking to California -- The journey within -- The human venture -- Finding his niche as a philosopher -- The religions of man -- Temple of the marvelous mind -- The search for America -- Into the fire -- IF squared -- Trying to count at MIT -- Teaching science to the Dalai Lama -- Leaving MIT -- Becoming a Sufi -- Forgotten truth -- Stan and Joe -- Esalen -- Wisdomkeepers -- Car trouble in Tanzania -- Peyote in Mazatlan -- Why religion matters -- No wasted journey.

Huston Smith is recognized and revered as the preeminent teacher of world religions. His bestselling The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) published in 1958 is still the most popular introduction to comparative religion. Huston Smith followed a lifelong spiritual quest that led him around the world many times. He studied the world's religions and mystical traditions directly with Aldous Huxley, D. T. Suzuki, J. Krishnamurti, Alan Watts, Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr, the Dalai Lama, Joseph Campbell, Ram Dass, and a host of others. Huston, as a renowned philosopher of religion, taught at Washington University, M.I.T., Syracuse University, and the University of California at Berkeley, and during his career helped shape the contemporary face of comparative religion, interfaith dialogue, and religious tolerance. As a seeker, he became a citizen of the world, plunging into its various spiritual traditions.

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