Knowledge and the Sacred

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

State University of New York Press, 1989 - Philosophy - 341 pages

Nasr (Islamic studies, George Washington U.), in a series of ten lectures, argues that, unlike in the West, where scientific thought has been secularized, in the East, knowledge and religious experience have remained unified. Drawing from Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, he finds in each the idea of perennial wisdom as a philosophical basis for such unity. Paperback edition ($10.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the author

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. He is the author of many books, including Islamic Art and Spirituality, Islamic Life and Thought, and Sufi Essays, and the editor of Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History and Shi'ism: Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality, also published by SUNY Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Knowledge and the Sacred; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series; Gifford lectures
• Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
• Edition: 5, illustrated
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1989
• ISBN: 0791401766, 9780791401767
• Length: 341 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Epistemology; Philosophy / Religious; Religion / General; Social Science / Islamic Studies