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 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 ...

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 ...

Huston Smith, Ph.D., has spent his career attempting to distill the essence of wisdom from the world's religious traditions. He is visiting professor at U. C. Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union and ...

WHY RELIGION MATTERS: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of DisbeliefHuston Smith HarperSanFrancisco, 304 pages, $25 For nearly two generations now, Huston Smith has been a sort of official ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the few people I would without ...

Huston Smith in New York in 2005, after the publication of his book “The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition.” Tina Feinberg/Associated Press A renowned scholar of religion, Professor ...