Wilfred Smith

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  What Is Scripture

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  Introduction: Presenting The Issue
  A Particular Example, To Illustrate
  Scripture As Form And Concept: Historical Background
  The True Meaning Of Scripture: The Qur’an As An Example
  The Bible In Jewish Life?
  The Hindu Instance
  The Buddhist Instance
  The Classics: Chinese And Western
  Brief Further Considerations
  Conclusion: Scripture And The Human Condition

  Notes
  Acknowledgments
  Index

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  “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 also realized the normative function of scripture in other traditions.

  W. C. Smith’s vastly erudite work asks how it is that certain texts have so seeped into human life – in a rich, complex, and powerful way – as to be deemed sacred. Examining the history and use of scripture in the world’s major religious traditions, he shows how and why scripture continues to carry momentous and at times appalling power in human affairs.

  In the end, Smith’s creative proposal is valuable not only for showing what it means to hold a text as sacred, or to treasure another’s scripture, but also for the light it sheds in a troubled culture on what it means to be human.

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  Meaning And The End Of Religion

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  The Meaning and End of Religion is a classic in the study of religion. Smith integrates care in examining historical and philosophical particulars with a large scope in the range of data he considers. He makes us conscious of the way we have perceived religious life and invites us to look at it again in a new way.

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