![]() ![]() ![]() forsaking clear thinking, have allowed ourselves to become so obsessed with life's material underpinnings that we have written science a blank check. ![]() The subject of Why Religion Matters, Smith writes, "is the importance of the religious dimension of human life-in individuals, in societies, and in civilizations." Smith believes that the religious dimension of human life has been devalued by the rise of modern science: we have now reached a point at which "modern Westerners. Berkeley, among others, and his World's Religions has long been the standard introductory textbook for college religion courses. Raised by missionary parents in China, Smith went on to teach at M.I.T. Huston Smith is the grand old man of religious scholarship. Why Religion Matters is a passionate, accessible, ambitious manifesto written by one of the very few people qualified to address its titular topic. Smith champions a society in which religion is once again treasured and authentically practiced as the vital source of human wisdom. Huston Smith, the author of the classic bestseller The World's Religions, delivers a passionate, timely message: The human spirit is being suffocated by the dominant materialistic worldview of our times. ![]()
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