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- Wasson's Soma
- Do drugs have religious import?
- The Three Pillars of Zen Teaching/ Practice/ Enlightenment
- Portrait of a Radical
- And Live Rejoicing
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Suzhou, China
Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was a Chinese-born American scholar of religious studies. He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) sold over three million copies as of 2017.
Known for
- A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki — Self2006
- Ancient Mysteries — Self1994
- Huston Smith: The Mystic's Journey — Self
- Bill Moyers: The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
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Huston Cummings Smith (born May 31, 1919) is among the preeminent religious studies scholars in the United States. His work, The Religions of Man (later revised and retitled The World's Religions), is a classic in the field, sold over two million copies, and is a particularly useful introduction to comparative religion. He has released many of his works on audio for your listening enjoyment. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Huston+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Suzhou
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- religious studies
- Official website
- www.hustonsmith.net
- Image
- Huston Smith in 2005.jpg
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- influenced by
- Traditionalist School
- date of birth
- 1919-05-31
- date of death
- 2016-12-30
- Commons category
- Huston Smith
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