The Taylor effect : responding to a secular age / edited by Ian Leask ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mater Dei Institute of Education (Dublin City University)

Leask, Ian Albert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--Congresses.

Secularism.

Religion and culture--Congresses.

Religion and culture.

Taylor, Charles, 1931---Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Taylor, Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Taylor Effect presents an original and diverse collection of essays addressing Charles Taylor's magisterial A Secular Age. Ranging from close and critical readings of Taylor's formulations and suppositions; to comparative studies of Taylor and various

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; A SECULAR AGE; "TRANSCENDING HUMAN FLOURISHING"; BEYOND FLOURISHING; OUR "ETHICAL PREDICAMENT"; DEISM, SPINOZISM, ANTI-HUMANISM; ESTABLISHING AN ETHICAL COMMUNITY; PART TWO; THE CHASTE MORNING OF THE INFINITE; TRANSLATING TAYLOR; IRELAND; RELIGIOUS INHERITANCES OF LEARNING AND THE "UNQUIET FRONTIERS OF MODERNITY"; CODES OF ETHICS IN A SECULAR AGE; SOURCES OF THE SACRED; "CODE FIXATION", DILEMMAS AND THE MISSING VIRTUE; CONTRIBUTORS; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

"The volume has emered from a ... international conference on 'A secular age', held at the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin in June 2009."--P. [1].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-77662-2

9786612776625

1-4438-2303-1

OCLC:

646393769