WHY RELIGION MATTERS AND THE PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A DIALOGUE WITH HUSTON SMITH. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kenney, Garrett
• Is Part Of: Zygon. Volume 50:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 227
• Page End: 244
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Religion and science -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 200
• DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12154
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0591-2385

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This article examines Huston Smith's critique of and remedy for modernity from the perspective of a college professor who adopted "Why Religion Matters" (2001) as required reading for undergraduates. Smith's heartfelt plea to consider, if not embrace, the common wisdom of traditional religious worldviews deserves a hearing. But Smith's approach is also in need of qualification, supplementation, and critique. This article, ironically, finds the needed qualification, supplementation, and critique in Huston Smith's much earlier publication, <italic>The Purposes of Higher Education</italic> (1955). This article provides the dialogue.</p> </abstract>