About this title: Huston Smith, dean of world religions, presents the essential teachings of Christianity, and, for the first time, his own profound Christian faith and convictions. In this elegant and concise treatise, Huston Smith examines and puts forth what being a Christian has meant for him personally, how it has shaped his life and beliefs. In contrast to the misguided course of culturally rigid and intolerant evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity on the one hand, and the non-transcendent liberal Christianity of Marcus Borg, John Shelby Spong, et al. on the other, Smith presents a passionate and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperone
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780060794781ISBN:006079478X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN-13:9780060794781ISBN:006079478X
Description: Like New in Like New jacket. Clean copy with dust jacket! No highlighting or underlining! Gently read once! This book really opened my eyes! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 9/5/2006
ISBN-13:9780060858353ISBN:0060858354
Description: Fine. 0060858354 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper Collins, California
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060858353ISBN:0060858354
Description: New. 5 x 8. Remainder on bottom edge. An elegant and passionate treatise that defends the essentials of Christianity and that examines culturally rigid and fundamentalist Christianity and nontranscendent, liberal Christianity. Presents a convincing argument for a vital alternative. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harperone
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060858353ISBN:0060858354
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Has a marker line on the bottom edge. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 191 p. Plus. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper San Francisco, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060794781ISBN:006079478X
Description: Fine-/Fine DJ Remainder Mark/Fine. 0-06-079478-X. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN-13:9780060794781ISBN:006079478X
Description: Like New in New jacket. Book has slight shelf wear from storage and use; otherwise the book is in very good condition. Free tracking information available. read more
"An idiosyncratic look at the spirit of Christianity, by one of the grand old men of comparative religions. Not as deep or insightful as a specialist might hope, and a little challenging in its choices of illustrations for the ordinary lay reader."
"I bought this book after reading Huston Smith's Why Religion Matters.
I was less impressed by this book than than Why Religion Matters, but that may have just been because I read it first and it was just so spectacularly amazing.
This was a more dense read. I had to read slowly, especially in part 1; parts 2 and 3 lightened up considerably.
I have learned quite a bit about Christianity from this book. It is a good, level-headed report that doesn't shrink from controversy, but rather reports it even-handedly where it matters and ignores it where it doesn't.
I heartily endorse it.
It is Mere Christianity for the 21st century, I'd say."
"Wellspring of philosophy: "the longing to be at home in the world is what keeps most of us from being at peace."
"To be human is to long for release from mundane existence with its confining walls of finitude and mortality."
"If anything characterize modernity it is the loss of the sense of transcendence - of a reality that exceeds and encompasses our every day affairs" - Peter Berger
"God is the conventional English name for the Infinite, but Good, True, Real, Almighty, One, etc. are equally accurate."
"God is defined by Jesus, he is not confined by Jesus."
"The Infinite is that out of which you cannot fall."
"Absolute perfection reigns." - Snowflakes falling/Each flake falls/in its own proper place - Zen haiku
"Science's technical language is math. Religion's technical language is symbolism, the science of the relations between the multiple levels of reality.""
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