Kosmin and Keysar and others are already analyzing who has given up worship, belief, and other modes of religiosity. I…
The rise of the seculars
seculars
The fanatical counterpublic
How are we to understand Taylor's own position between disengagement and "fanaticism"? Of course, he doesn't want to side with…
Nicholas Wolterstorff’s fear of the secular
The truly dynamic discussion in America today about religion and politics is not between "wall of separation" secularists and Christian…
Embedded religion in Asia
The secularity of modern Asian states has by no means led to widespread social secularity, Taylor's second secularity, a decline…
Discerning the religious spirit of secular states in Asia
In his monumental book, A Secular Age, Charles Taylor distinguishes three meanings of secularism, as it refers to the "North Atlantic…
Akbar Ganji in conversation with Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor: If the human relation to religion and to God is not as shallow as the mainstream theory thinks,…
Naive and reflective faiths
It was difficult all along to conceive of religion (its ritual practices, mystical unions, or attractions and immersions of any…
The politics of secularism in international relations
From an interview with Elizabeth Shakman Hurd on her book, The Politics of Secularism in International Relations.
Among the unbelievers
Gregor McLennan reviews Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in the New Left Review (subscription required).
Secular brooding, literary brooding
What's so bad about heteronomous thinking, anyway? Stathis Gourgouris has used the term in several posts here on The Immanent…