{"product_id":"is-there-a-universal-grammar-of-religion-9780812696448","title":"Is There a Universal Grammar of Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this provocative volume two important scholars of religion, Huston Smith and Henry Rosemont, Jr., put forth their viewpoints and share a probing conversation. Though the two diverge considerably in their accounts of religious faith and practice, they also agree on fundamental points. Huston Smith, author of the important work \u003ci\u003eThe World’s Religions\u003c\/i\u003e, has long argued for the fundamental equality of the world’s religions. Describing a “universal grammar of religion,” he argues that fourteen points of similarity exist among all of the major religious traditions and that these similarities indicate an innate psychological affinity for religion within the human spirit. As Noam Chomsky has argued that humans are hardwired to use language, Smith similarly argues that humans are hardwired for religious experience. In response, Rosemont explicates his humanistic vision of the world, in which the “homoversal” tendency to contemplate the infinite is \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A splendid ‘Dialogue Concerning World Religions’ between two eminent scholars and outstanding authors! Unlike the often rather ‘fundamentalist’ debates between fervent believers and uncompromising ‘rationalists’ here we find a refreshingly profound, respectful, and truly sympathetic exchange between a secular and a sacred view of life and the world around us. Instead of simply dismissing each other’s positions, Huston Smith and Henry Rosemont, Jr., set a new standard for exploring together the perennial question of why, or why not, to believe in a God ‘above us.’”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cb\u003eHans-Georg Moeller\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of the Daodejing\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eLuhmann Explained\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and translator of the \u003ci\u003eDaodejing\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359200248151,"sku":"9780812696448","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812696448.jpg?v=1754123961","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/is-there-a-universal-grammar-of-religion-9780812696448","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}