The Soul Of Christianity: Restoring The Great Tradition

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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 convincing argument for a vital alternative that is a deeper, authentic Christian faith that is both tolerant, respectful of people's and religious differences, yet substantial.

Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions and for his bestselling book The World's Religions. He was the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers, and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California, Berkeley

'It is fascinating to read a great scholar of world religions expressing clearly and directly his own Christian faith."--John Polkinghorne "Huston Smith is the wisest, sanest religious scholar of them all, and so wonderfully readable."--Anne Lamott, author of Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith "What [Smith] advocates is essentially a modernized and tolerant interpretation of the shared faith of Christianity's first thousand years..."--Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers If one is looking for a short, friendly introduction to what makes Christianity what it is, this is it.--Los Angeles Times "A bracingly clear overview of Christianity..."--Dallas Morning News