Huston Smith is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. For fifteen years he was Professor of Philosophy at M.I.T. and for a decade before that he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently he has served as Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Holder of twelve honorary degrees, Smith’s fourteen books include The World’s Religions which has sold over 2 ˝ million copies, and Why Religion Matters which won the Wilbur Award for the best book on religion published in 2001. In 1996 Bill Moyers devoted a 5-part PBS Special, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith, to his life and work. His film documentaries on Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have all won International. awards, and The Journal of Ethnomusicology lauded his discovery of Tibetan multiphonic chanting, Music of Tibet, as “an important landmark in the study of music."

NEW COMING May 2009 from HarperCollins Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography by Huston Smith with Jeffery Paine.

From  San Francisco Chronicle, Review of Tales of Wonder

IN THE MEDIA 

Newsweek's Lisa Miller wrote Huston Smith's Wonderful Life for the May 18th issue of Newsweek. It can be read online.

NPR (National Public Radio) aired a story about multiphonic chanting Gyuto Monks: Ancient Practice, Modern Sound featuring Huston Smith. Listen or read the transcript.

From The Washington Post
Praise Everyone

From  San Francisco Chronicle, Huston Smith: Rock star of religions turns 90 

See video clip of Huston Smith recounting how he first encountered Tibetan multiphonic chanting, which became the recording Music of Tibet.

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