Huston Smith, the author of the classic bestseller The World's Religions, delivers a passionate, timely message: The human spirit is being suffocated by the dominant materialistic worldview of our times. Smith champions a society in which religion is once again treasured and authentically practiced as the vital source of human wisdom.

Includes index.

Pt. 1. Modernity's tunnel. Who's right about reality : traditionalists, modernists, or the postmoderns? ; The great outdoors and the tunnel within it ; The tunnel as such ; The tunnel's floor : Scientism ; The tunnel's left wall : higher education ; The tunnel's roof : the media ; The tunnel's right wall : the law -- Pt. 2. The light at the tunnel's end. Light ; Is light increasing : two scenarios ; Discerning the signs of the times ; Three sciences and the road ahead; Terms for the détente ; This ambiguous world ; The big picture ; Spiritual personality types ; Spirit.