Huston Smith, called the “Ambassador to the World's Religions” who said he believed in the best of all faiths has died at the age of 97 on Jan 3, 2016.
He travelled the world visiting mosques, temples, ashrams, gurdwaras, monasteries and churches.
He was also close to swamis, gurus, lamas, monks and maulvis.
The Indophile was an inter-faith leader.
One of the greatest historians of religion and philosophy, he believed in numerous religions from Hinduism to Islam.
He was known for his classic book “The Religions of Man” published in 1958.
He remained in the Methodist faith and said he moved to a new idiom for expressing the same basic truths.
He practiced and studied Vedanta after graduating from University of Chicago.
