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."
发表于2024-11-07
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第一次读这本书是2002年,很感动。不只是感动于休斯顿·史密斯那种平静而睿智的讲述,就是编者那份前言,也让我欷歔了半天。 每次看到报上报道有多少大学生找不到工作,或有某某大学生泼硫酸、跳楼,我就不禁想:我们教育怎么了?我们的学生怎么了?除了呆板的应试,除了机械的...
评分读完这本书,想到一个故事,一段往事和一个人。 Part 1.犹太商人的智慧 几年前读到一个关于“三枚戒指”的故事,背景是十字军东征时代的耶路撒冷。Saladin是当时的穆斯林统治者,而Nathan是位犹太富商人和智者。国家因为战争缺少经费,Saladin招Nathan入宫借款。...
评分世界是一座桥,走过去,不要在上面盖房子。——休斯顿·史密斯(著) 隐约记得张爱玲曾说——一个时代需要的是升华而不是浮华(大意)。偶尔想起这句老话时,不免转顾一回我们当下身处的这个时代,竟往往觉得有些悚然,甚或生出些许寒意。 这究竟是怎样的一个时...
评分抛掉那些现实的影响,我们在此聚焦在教义本身。似乎所有的宗教都在以这样或那样的形式谈论着一个更高的真实,它也许总是不可捉摸的,寄托着我们种种渴望。不同的宗教会赋予它一些不同的品质,那么多都谈起爱——这可能是人类灵魂中最深刻的、不安的渴望。我们深觉自己之不完整...
评分世界是一座桥,走过去,不要在上面盖房子。——休斯顿·史密斯(著) 隐约记得张爱玲曾说——一个时代需要的是升华而不是浮华(大意)。偶尔想起这句老话时,不免转顾一回我们当下身处的这个时代,竟往往觉得有些悚然,甚或生出些许寒意。 这究竟是怎样的一个时...
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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
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评分重要的不是对某一宗教理解上的客观与全面,重要的是作者去观察的视角,重要的是其反复斟酌终于下笔直至定稿时候嘴角的所有微笑,重要的是那颗想要去理解的心,想要去倾听的耳朵,最重要的是这一切背后流露出的爱。而这正正是宗教的本质,这与此书是否通俗是否为入门读物的争论毫无关联。且不说各个宗教的叙述,单单是前言与结尾中便有很多值得抄录的段落。行文考究,取舍有度,又可作救急的工具书,这样的书是可以打五星的!另作者采访克里希那穆提的视频很是有趣,诸君有缘可找来一探究竟。
评分說不上是巨著,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
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