Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography

Huston Smith
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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 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.
Genres: BiographyReligionNonfictionMemoirSpiritualityAutobiographyTravelHistoryChristianityFaith
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