On October 4, 2016, the Berggruen Institute named philosopher Charles Taylor as the inaugural recipient of the Berggruen Prize—a one-million…
Charles Taylor wins Berggruen Prize
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Secularism and sociology
The latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Sociology features a review by David Lyon of Varieties of Secularism in…
On the call from outside
In Akeel Bilgrami’s contribution to Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age, "enchantment" refers to the historical belief that God…
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…
Circling the line
I was asked after the 2008 Presidential election to make some loose predictions about the future of conservative political religions…
Politics of misrecognition
What would secularity look like if we approached it through the perhaps vague rubric of “indigenous ‘religions’”? . . .…
Casting away our crutches
The various essays on A Secular Age gathered in Michael Warner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen and Craig Calhoun’s Varieties of Secularism in…
What Taylor misses
The heft of a book would seem proportional to its exhaustiveness. It is no surprise that Charles Taylor's A Secular…
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…