Huston Smith Lecture Series
Document Type
Audio File
Publication Date
2002
Recommended Citation
Smith, Huston, "Can the Wisdom Traditions Redeem Civilization?" (2002). Huston Smith Lecture Series. 2.
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/huston-smith-lectures/2
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Huston Smith, PhD, is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions. He is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. For 15 years he was Professor of Philosophy at M.I.T. and for a decade before that he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently he has served as Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Smith's early work pertains to mysticism and perception. Holder of 12 honorary degrees, Smith is the author of 15 books and has published widely about religion and philosophy. His books include The World’s Religions which has sold over 2 ½ million copies, and Why Religion Matters which won the Wilbur Award for the best book on religion published in 2001. In 1996 Bill Moyers devoted a 5-part PBS Special, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith, to his life and work. His film documentaries on Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have all won international awards, and The Journal of Ethnomusicology lauded his discovery of Tibetan multiphonic chanting, Music of Tibet, as “an important landmark in the study of music.