Ninian Smart is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has given the Gifford Lectures and is author of several books including The Long Search, The Religious Experience of Mankind, and Beyond Ideology.

• Preface Acknowledgements Part I. RELIGION AND THE WESTERN MIND 1. Religious Studies and the Western Mind 2. The Political Implications of Religious Studies 3. The Intellectual Implications of Religious Studies Part II. THE WESTERN WORLD AND GLOBAL CHANGE 4. Christianity and Nationalism 5. Resurgence and Identity in Three Faiths 6. The Dynamics of Religious and Political Change: Illustrations from South Asia 7. The Future of Religions 8. A Global Ethic Arising from the Epistemology of Religious and Similar Value-Systems Notes Bibliography Index

Ninian Smart is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has given the Gifford Lectures and is author of several books including The Long Search, The Religious Experience of Mankind, and Beyond Ideology.

• Preface Acknowledgements Part I. RELIGION AND THE WESTERN MIND 1. Religious Studies and the Western Mind 2. The Political Implications of Religious Studies 3. The Intellectual Implications of Religious Studies Part II. THE WESTERN WORLD AND GLOBAL CHANGE 4. Christianity and Nationalism 5. Resurgence and Identity in Three Faiths 6. The Dynamics of Religious and Political Change: Illustrations from South Asia 7. The Future of Religions 8. A Global Ethic Arising from the Epistemology of Religious and Similar Value-Systems Notes Bibliography Index