Religion and the Order of Nature / Edition 1

by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Seyyed H. Nasr

Overview

The current ecological crisis is a matter of urgent global concern, with solutions being sought on many fronts. In this book, Seyyed Hossein Nasr argues that the devastation of our world has been exacerbated, if not actually caused, by the reductionist view of nature that has been advanced by modern secular science. What is needed, he believes, is the recovery of the truth to which the great enduring religions attest, namely, that nature is sacred.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195108231
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	10/28/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.85(d)
Lexile:	1840L (what's this?)

About the Author

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islam Studies at George Washington University.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	3
1	Religion and Religions	9
2	The Order of Nature	29
3	Philosophy and the Misdeeds of Philosophy	80
4	The Traditional Sciences, the Scientific Revolution, and Its Aftermath	126
5	The Tragic Consequences of Humanism in the West	163
6	The Rediscovery of Nature: Religion and the Environmental Crisis	191
7	The Wisdom of the Body	235
8	Religion and the Resacralization of Nature	270
	Index	293

Editorial Reviews

"The most comprehensive and intelligent treatment of its topic that has been written....Nasr is one of the major intellects of our day."—Huston Smith, University of California, Berkeley

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