Synopsis
A scholarly anthology responding to Charles Taylor, examining what secularism means and how belief and unbelief actually coexist in modern life.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workSecularism is not a single condition but many, shaped by particular histories, so the secular age looks different depending on where you stand.
It dismantles the simple story of religion's retreat, showing that secularity is plural, contested, and entangled with the faiths it claims to supersede.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Charles Taylor, A Secular Age.
Reading note
Read selectively by contributor; each essay is a distinct response best approached alongside Taylor's framework.
Best paired with
Charles Taylor, A Secular Age