Need for a Sacred Science

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at The George Washington University. He is the author and editor of many books, including Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization.

• Introduction Part One: The World of the Spirit—A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science 1. God is Reality 2. Self-awareness and Ultimate Selfhood 3. Time—The Moving Image of Eternity Part Two: The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere—The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere 4. One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections—Thoughts on the Human Condition Today 5. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion Part Three: Science: Traditional and Modern 6. Western Science and Asian Culture 7. The Traditional Sciences 8. The Spiritual Significance of Nature Part Four: Tradition, Sacred Science, and the Modern Predicament 9. Sacred Science and the Environmental Crisis—An Islamic Perspective 10. The Concept of Human Progress through Material Evolution: A Traditional Critique 11. Reflections on the Theological Modernism of Hans Kung Postscript: The Need for a Sacred Science Index

"This work is a brilliant blending of sound scholarship and spiritual vision." — Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University"This book brings together in a focused and comprehensive treatment Nasr's ideas that have been scattered. It provides an integrated overview of the breadth and depth of Nasr's thought." — Yvonne Haddad, University of Massachusetts.