Philip Novak, Ph.D.

Buddhism

A Concise Introduction

Talking Points

Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions and for his bestselling book The World’s Religions. He was the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers, and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Philip Novak is professor of philosophy and religion at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, where he has won several teaching awards, and the editor of The World’s Wisdom, the companion reader to Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions. Novak did his doctoral work with Huston Smith, and Smith considers him his most compatible and accomplished student. Novak is a commited Buddhist.

Description

A highly readable and incisive guide to the heart of a quickly growing tradition, one of vibrant diversity with an increasing presence and importance in the Western world.