A SECULAR AGEThe place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others. |
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Contents
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Part II The Turning Point | 219 |
Part III The Nova Effect | 297 |
Part IV Narratives of Secularization | 421 |
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| Title | A SECULAR AGE |
| Author | Charles TAYLOR |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0674044282, 9780674044289 |
| Length | 888 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / History & Surveys / General Philosophy / Religious Religion / Philosophy |
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