![]() ![]() ![]() These two chapters say in 20 or so pages much of what Smith says in 275 pages, only much more eloquently. I just don't think his book expressed this in the best possible way.Instead, I would recommend chapters 10 and 11 of Abraham Joshua Heschel's "God in Search of Man". I agree with his overall premise that we make a terrible mistake when we allow "worship" of science to replace worship of God - regardless of one's religion. The remaining 15% was made up of discussions on either science or metaphysics which were so technical for their fields that I had no idea what he was even talking about.I believe very strongly that religion matters. I suppose I agreed with about 70% of his arguments, and disagreed with about 15%. ![]() However, he gave me much food for thought - most of it digestible. I grew SO weary of phrases like, "blah blah blah as I demonstrated in chapter three." or "I will discuss blah blah blah in depth when we get to chapter seven, so I will only mention it in brief now." I can't really say I "liked" the book, because of this and other stylistic issues I had trouble getting past. Huston Smith is one of the most recognized experts on religion in the United States, and so I was saddened to find that his writing style annoyed me so much. ![]()
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