Each contributor [to Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age] delivers a reading of Taylor’s work, helping to evaluate its…
Charles Taylor
Antihumanism and religion
One of the things that intellectual historians show us, although often only implicitly, is the fluidity of the terms of…
Ubuntu, reconciliation, and the buffered self
Like many contributors to Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age, I share the sense that Taylor’s account of Latin…
Higher times in the Bible Belt
Rich in interdisciplinary breadth, Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age offers an opportunity to reflect on the reception of…
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
In The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere, due out spring 2011 from Columbia University Press and the SSRC,…
Rethinking secularism: The power of religion in the public sphere
On October 22, 2009, over 1000 people gathered in the vast and venerable Great Hall at New York City's Cooper…
Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor in conversation
In a symposium convened by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the Humanities…
Open thread: The power of religion in the public sphere
Four of the world’s leading public intellectuals came together yesterday in the historic Great Hall at Cooper Union to discuss…
Multi-religious denominationalism and American identity
Charles Taylor has argued that those of us living in North America and Europe are witnessing a shift in our…
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…