Need for a Sacred Science

• Introduction Part One: The World of the Spirit--A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science1. God is Reality 2. Self-awareness and Ultimate Selfhood 3. Time--The Moving Image of EternityPart Two: The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere--The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere4. One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections--Thoughts on the Human Condition Today 5. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of ReligionPart Three: Science: Traditional and Modern6. Western Science and Asian Culture 7. The Traditional Sciences 8. The Spiritual Significance of NaturePart Four: Tradition, Sacred Science, and the Modern Predicament9. 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 KungPostscript: The Need for a Sacred ScienceIndex

"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.