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Drawing on Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s numerous articles and books, Kenneth Cracknell has put together some of the author’s most well-known works. As a summary of this great scholar’s lifetime achievements…
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Edward J. Hughes
For those who have discovered his books, in particular The Meaning and End of Religion, published in 1963 but overshadowed by the furore surrounding Honest to God, which appeared in…
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Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Scripture is no longer an absolute. In the last two centuries, as Westerners have become more keenly conscious of the flatly historical character of their own biblical documents, they have…
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This is a study of the difference between the terms ‘belief’ and ‘believe’ and how the meaning has changed through history. Where the concept of ‘believing’ today is considered of…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
A study of meaning in the major faiths of the world.
Two questions are tackled in this book, namely: ‘Is what, or whether, one believes the significant religious question?’ and ‘Although the religious communities of the world differ in belief, how…
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making religion into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of religion to capture the…
Kuk-Won Bae
A renowned Islamicist and historian of religion, Wilfred Cantwell Smith is one of the most important contemporary voices in the study of religion. This book critically examines the idea of…
A distinguished historian of religion explores the contemporary culture of the Western world.
