24 records matched your query       

Author:

Smith, Huston.

Title:

The way things are : conversations with Huston Smith on the spiritual life / edited and with a preface by Phil Cousineau.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xxiv, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Smith, Huston.--Interviews.
Religion historians--United States--Interviews.
Religion
Spiritual life.
Religion and science.

Other Authors:

Cousineau, Phil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284) and index.

Contents:

The way things are -- The primordial tradition -- Winnowing the wisdom traditions -- This is it -- The soul of the community -- Encountering God -- The place of science -- The limits of the scientific worldview -- Science as the oracle of our age -- Science, faith, and infinity -- Toward a partnership between science and religion -- The battle for the human mind -- The new paradigm -- Countering scientism -- The striking parallels -- The sacred dimensions of everyday life -- Demystifying spiritual practice -- The varieties of religious explorations -- Cleansing the doors of perception -- Fathoming psychedelic mysticism -- The wisdom of faith -- Why religion matters now more than ever.

ISBN:

9780520238169 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520238168 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51535967

LCCN:

2003000592

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)