Pitzer College having announced that it will offer a major in "secular studies," the Harvard University Press Blog compiles a…
Crafting the secular studies syllabus
Charles Taylor
“The Malaise of Modernity”: a radio series on the work of Charles Taylor
The CBC Radio program Ideas recently ran a five-part series on the life and work of Charles Taylor, "The Malaise…
Religion’s many powers
To say that religion has power in the public sphere is not to say that it can be easily absorbed…
A review of Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Abraham Rubin reviews Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age at the blog of the Center for Jewish Law and…
El poder de la religión
El poder de la religión en la esfera pública, the Spanish language edition of The Power of Religion in the…
Teaching and blogging A Secular Age
James K.A. Smith, Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College, is currently teaching an undergraduate seminar on Charles Taylor's A Secular…
Of saints, separatism, and secularization (part 2)
In my previous post, I discussed the ambivalent legacy of the Catholic Church in Québec in light of the recent…
“Christians in a secular age”
The October issue of New Blackfriars---the journal of the English Province of The Order of Preachers---focuses on Charles Taylor's A…
Secularism and sociology
The latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Sociology features a review by David Lyon of Varieties of Secularism in…
The Utopian, no. 7: “Pain & Pleasure”
The latest issue of The Utopian is now online, featuring essays by Michel Houellebecq, Michael Goldstein, Damon Linker, and Alexander…