Wilfred Cantwell Smith

• What Is Scripture

  Edward Leroy Long, Edward LeRoy Long Jr et al.•ARTICLE•Buddhist-Christian Studies•1995

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  Scripture is no longer an absolute. In the last two centuries, as Westerners have become more keenly conscious of the historical character of their own biblical documents, they have also realized the normative function of in other traditions. W.C. Smith's vastly erudite work asks how it is that certain texts have so seeped into human life - in a rich, complex and powerful way - as to be deemed sacred. Examining the history and use of in the world…

• Thoughts on Transcendence

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Zeitschrift für Religions- und…•1990

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• The Meaning and End of Religion

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•BOOK•The Meaning and End of Religion•1990

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• Response to Robert E. Florida

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Buddhist-Christian Studies•1990

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  Any scholar who publishes in the humanities runs the risk of being misunderstood. This is especially so, no doubt, in the study of religious matters; and most especially in cross-cultural work. (Is this in general because there is more to being human than meets the eye-or than anyone quite understands? It is also because the general fact that one person can understand another person always less than fully is particularly salient when the two are …

• Muslim—Christian relations

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Institute of Muslim Minority…•1987

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  (1987). Muslim—Christian relations: questions of a comparative religionist. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Journal: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 18-21

• Ambiguities of Understanding

  Richard M Frank, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1986

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• On Mistranslated Booktitles

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Religious Studies•1984

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  Of the pungent aphorism traduttori traditori , one of the inherent delights is that the phrase itself cannot be translated into other languages without betrayal; at the least, of its pithy charm. All language is imperfect, a reader (or hearer) always understanding what is said in a way that leaves out something of what the writer (or speaker) means, and a way that adds something of what the reader (or hearer) supposes, or imposes, Ortega y Gasset…

• The Modern West in the History of Religion

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Academy…•1984•Citada por: 1

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  THE MODERN WEST IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LII, Issue 1, March 1984, Pages 3–18, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LII.1.3 Published: 01 March 1984

• Towards a World Theology

  Philip Boo Riley, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Philosophy East and West•1984•Citada por: 12

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• Beyond Ideology

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1984

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• Towards A World Theology

  Barbara Hargrove, Wilfred Cantwell Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Sociological Analysis•1982

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  Journal Article Towards a World Theology, by Wilfred Cantwell Smith. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1981, 204 pp. $18.95 and The Challenge of Liberation Theology: A First World Response, ed. by Brian Mahan and L. Dale Richesin. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1981,140 pp. $7.95 Get access Barbara Hargrove Barbara Hargrove Iliff School of Theology Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume …

• Belief

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Numen•1980•Citada por: 1

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• Belief

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Numen•1980

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• Faith and Belief

  Eliot Deutsch, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Philosophy East and West•1980

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• The True Meaning of Scripture

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•International Journal Middle East…•1980•Citada por: 7

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  “Religion is poetry plus, not science minus” is a bon mot that I find not only charming but perceptive. Taking a cue from that way of putting things, let me develop a suggestion that an accurate historical awareness will add to, not subtract from, our understanding of in this case scripture. At one time, the historical or historicist interpretation of religious matters was seen as subtracting; as leaving something out. It was called “reductionist…

• Beyond Tradition and Modernity

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1978

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• Religious Diversity

  Gail Anne Shea, Willard Gurdon Oxtoby et al.•ARTICLE•Sociological Analysis•1978

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  Journal Article Religious Diversity: Essays by Wilfred Cantwell Smith edited by Willard G. Oxtoby. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1976. 198 pp. $10.00 Get access Gail Anne Shea Gail Anne Shea University of Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 39, Issue 1, Spring 1978, Page 94, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710167 Published: 01 March 1978

• Interpreting religious interrelations

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Studies in Religion/Sciences…•1977

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• Arkān

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•CHAPTER•Essays on Islamic civilization•1976

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• Der Begriff Religio bei Thomas von Aquin

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Speculum•1974

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• "The Finger That Points to the Moon", reply to Per Kværne

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Temenos - Nordic Journal for the…•1973

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• Programme Notes for a Mitigated Cacophony Concordant Discord

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1973

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• On dialogue and 'faith

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Religion•1973•Citada por: 1

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• Dieu et la Destinée de l'Homme; les grands problèmes de la théologie musulmane; essai de théologie comparée

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Louis Gardet•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1972

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• Faith and Belief

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• India as a Secular State

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Donald Eugene Smith•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1963•Citada por: 47

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• Towards a World Theology

  Philip Boo Riley, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Philosophy East and West•1984•Citada por: 12

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• The True Meaning of Scripture

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•International Journal Middle East…•1980•Citada por: 7

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  “Religion is poetry plus, not science minus” is a bon mot that I find not only charming but perceptive. Taking a cue from that way of putting things, let me develop a suggestion that an accurate historical awareness will add to, not subtract from, our understanding of in this case scripture. At one time, the historical or historicist interpretation of religious matters was seen as subtracting; as leaving something out. It was called “reductionist…

• The Study of Religion and the Study of the Bible

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Academy…•1971•Citada por: 3

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  Journal Article The Study of Religion and the Study of the Bible Get access WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH, Who has lived a fair part of his life in India and has travelled widely in the Muslim World, devoted twenty-five years or so to a study of Islamics, writing Modern Islam in India and Islam in Modern History and founding the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University, Montreal. Subsequently he tur…

• Survey of International Affairs, 1939-46

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, George Kirk•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1954•Citada por: 2

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• A Scientific Survey of Merseyside

  A M Carr-Saunders, A M Carr‐Saunders et al.•ARTICLE•The Economic Journal•1954•Citada por: 2

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  Journal Article A Scientific Survey of Merseyside Get access A. Scientific Survey of Merseyside. Edited by Wilfred Smith. (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1953. Pp. xv + 299. 21s.) A. M. Carr-Saunders A. M. Carr-Saunders London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 64, Issue 253, 1 March 1954, Pages 162–164, https://doi.org/10.2307/2227111 Published: 01 Mar…

• An Economic Geography of Great Britain

  P Sargant Florence, F Pinet et al.•ARTICLE•The Economic Journal•1949•Citada por: 2

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  Journal Article An Economic Geography of Great Britain Get access An Economic Geography of Great Britain. By Wilfred Smith. (London : Methuen & Co., 1949. Pp. xv + 747. 32s. 6d.) P. Sargant Florence P. Sargant Florence University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 59, Issue 236, 1 December 1949, Pages 586–588, https://doi.org/10.2307/2226585 Published: 01 December 19…

• The Modern West in the History of Religion

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Academy…•1984•Citada por: 1

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  THE MODERN WEST IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LII, Issue 1, March 1984, Pages 3–18, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LII.1.3 Published: 01 March 1984

• Belief

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Numen•1980•Citada por: 1

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• On dialogue and 'faith

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Religion•1973•Citada por: 1

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• Questions of Religious Truth

  J Bailey, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1969•Citada por: 1

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• Soviet Geography

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Wilfred Smith•ARTICLE•International Affairs•1936

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  Soviet Geography Get access 130. Soviet Geography. By N. Mikhaylov. 1935. (London: Methuen. 8vo. xviii + 232 pp. 10s. 6d.) Wilfred Smith Wilfred Smith Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 15, Issue 4, July-August 1936, Pages 623–624, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/15.4.623c Published: 01 July 1936

• Raw Materials in Peace and War

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Wilfred Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1938

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• The Distribution of Population and the Location of Industry on Merseyside

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Wilfred Smith•ARTICLE•Economica•1944

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• An Economic Geography of Great Britain

  P Sargant Florence, F Pinet et al.•ARTICLE•The Economic Journal•1949•Citada por: 2

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  Journal Article An Economic Geography of Great Britain Get access An Economic Geography of Great Britain. By Wilfred Smith. (London : Methuen & Co., 1949. Pp. xv + 747. 32s. 6d.) P. Sargant Florence P. Sargant Florence University of Birmingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 59, Issue 236, 1 December 1949, Pages 586–588, https://doi.org/10.2307/2226585 Published: 01 December 19…

• Early Church History

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Academy…•1950

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  Journal Article Early Church History Get access A Commentary on the Creed of Islam. Sa'd al-Din al-Taftāsāni on the Creed of Najm al-Din al-Nasafi. Translated with Introduction and Notes by EARL EDGAR EIDER. New York: Columbia Univerisity Press, 1950. 1950. (Number XLIII of the “Records of Civilization” series.) xxxii + 170 pp., bibliography, index. (Published also in Great Britain, Canada, and India by Oxford University Press.) $3.75. WILFRED CA…

• Pakistan

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Liaquat Ali Khan et al.•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1951

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• Comparative Religion

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Academy…•1952

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  Comparative Religion Get access Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran. By HAZRAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAH-MUD AHMAD (Khalifatul Masih II), Head of the Ahmadiyya Community, Qadian. London ( The London Mosque) and Washington ( The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Inc.), 1949. 443 pages. Index. WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH McGill UniversityMontreal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …

• Types of Religious Experience, Christian and Non-Christian . Joachim Wach

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1953

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• Survey of International Affairs, 1939-46

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, George Kirk•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1954•Citada por: 2

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• A Scientific Survey of Merseyside

  A M Carr-Saunders, A M Carr‐Saunders et al.•ARTICLE•The Economic Journal•1954•Citada por: 2

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  Journal Article A Scientific Survey of Merseyside Get access A. Scientific Survey of Merseyside. Edited by Wilfred Smith. (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1953. Pp. xv + 299. 21s.) A. M. Carr-Saunders A. M. Carr-Saunders London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 64, Issue 253, 1 March 1954, Pages 162–164, https://doi.org/10.2307/2227111 Published: 01 Mar…

• New Education in the Making in Pakistan. Its Ideology and Basic Problems

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Fazlur Rahman•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1954

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• Pakistan as an Islamic State. Preliminary Draft

  G Jaschke, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Die Welt des Islams•1955

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• The Shi'a of India

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, John Norman Hollister•ARTICLE•Pacific Affairs•1955

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• The Place of Oriental Studies in a Western University

  Open Access•Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Diogenes•1956

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  In the long history of man, not the least interesting moments have been those ebullient and often creative occasions when two of his civilizations have met and mingled. One thinks most readily of the Hellenistic period, that entrancing millennium in the Near East from Alexander to Muhammad, which gave rise to so much ferment and so much of permanent and profound consequence for all our lives. One might think also, perhaps, of "Indo-China," as des…

• Islam in the Modern World

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Current History•1957

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  Essay| June 01 1957 Islam in the Modern World Wilfred Cantwell Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University Wilfred Cantwell Smithlived for some years in Lahore, now Pakistan, studying and teaching Islamic and Indian history. He has travelled extensively through Muslim India and parts of the Near East, and has visited almost all the major areas of the Muslim world. He is now Professor of Comparative…

• The Call of the Minaret. Kenneth Cragg

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1957

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• Islam in Modern History

  Harold W Glidden, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1958

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• Islam in Modern History

  G Jaschke, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Die Welt des Islams•1958

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• Islam in Modern History

  H A R Gibbs, H A R Gibb et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1958

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• Islam-The Straight Path. Islam Interpreted by Muslims

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Kenneth Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1958

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• Islam

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Arthur Jeffery•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1960

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• India as a Secular State

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Donald Eugene Smith•ARTICLE•International Journal Canada s…•1963•Citada por: 47

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• The Religion of Java. Clifford Geertz

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Economic Development and Cultural…•1963

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• Religion and Politics in Pakistan

  Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Leonard Binder•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1963

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• The Meaning and End of Religion; A New Approach to the Religious Traditions of Mankind

  E H, Wilfred Cantwell Smith•ARTICLE•Journal of the American Oriental…•1963

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