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Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography

by Huston Smith

A life in the study of religion

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    Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

    The review calls the autobiography delightful and describes it as a valuable master class on faith and life.

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A life in the study of religion

Huston Smith’s autobiography connects his path as a scholar of world religions with encounters across twentieth-century spiritual and cultural life. The description names figures including Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Merton, and Pete Seeger, placing Smith’s personal story alongside a wide circle of people who shared or influenced his journey. The book offers a biographical perspective on the life behind *The World’s Religions*, with faith, intellectual inquiry, and the relationships surrounding a public career at its center.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Huston Smith’s life and work on world religions.
  • Readers curious about twentieth-century religious and cultural figures.
  • Readers seeking a biography focused on faith and spiritual inquiry.

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Religious scholarshipFaith and spiritual inquiryPersonal influence and intellectual lifeTwentieth-century spiritual and cultural history

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"In this delightful autobiography, Smith tells us how he became the dean of world religion experts. Along the way we meet the people who shaped him and shared his journey--a Who's Who of 20th century spiritual America: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Merton and Pete Seeger.... A valuable master class on faith and life."
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

As Stephen Hawking is to science; as Peter Drucker is to economics; and as Joseph Campbell is to mythology; so Huston Smith is to religion. Tales of Wonder is the personal story of the author of the classic The World's Religions, the man who taught a nation about the great faiths of the world, and his fascinating encounters with the people who helped shape the 20th century.

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