An intriguing combination of apologia, early church history and cultural critique, this deeply personal book attempts to convey the foundations of Christian thought in a way that appeals to modern ...

Huston Smith; Phil Cousineau, ed. University of California Press It’s amazing and comforting to realize that world religions scholar Huston Smith, 84, has been toiling in the fields of the Lord for ...

Huston Smith is an 82-year-old Energizer bunny — he keeps going and going to achieve amazing milestones. Throughout the course his life journey to date, he’s achieved and proven plenty, and his ...

(RNS) We have entered a time in the politics of the United States when the openness and respect that Smith taught when it came to religious traditions is under severe strain. (RNS) Huston Smith, the ...

Huston Smith, a renowned scholar of religion who pursued his own enlightenment in Methodist churches, Zen monasteries and even Timothy Leary’s living room, died Friday at his home in Berkeley. He was ...

Huston Smith, one of the world's leading religion scholars, has made a career of studying and celebrating other people's faiths. His book "The World Religions," first published in 1958 under the title ...

This is FRESH AIR. Huston Smith became a Methodist minister with the intention of becoming a missionary like his parents. But instead of spreading his religion around the world, he found his true ...

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Editor’s Note: Huston Smith, a giant in the world of religion, died December 30 at age 97. His book, “The World’s Religions,” is still widely used on college campuses. The following is a 2009 profile ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that he would gladly walk 100 miles through a snowstorm for one good conversation. Fortunately, readers don't have to trudge through a blizzard or even leave their ...