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Huston Smith: Why Religion
Matters
Recorded January 28, 2001
G U E S T:
Renowned world religions scholar and best-selling author Huston Smith
talks about the importance of the religious dimension of human life.
A well-known philosopher and teacher, Smith is known to students for
his popular text book The World's Religions, which has sold over 1.5
million copies. His books, documentaries and films all reveal his deep
understanding and wisdom of the world's faith traditions. His latest
book Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in and Age of
Disbelief, focuses on why religion has been devalued in the face of
modern science.
MODERATED
BY:
The
Very Reverend Alan Jones
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of world religions, and the relationship of science and religion in the
next millennium. Interview.
World Religions: A Status Report
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on his years of wisdom and experience to address the challenging questions
of how the faith traditions survive in our increasingly multicultural
world. Forum.
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