Charles Taylor's rejection of secularism: how valid?

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	Charles Taylor's rejection of secularism: how valid?

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12-17-2007 9:28 PM

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enbar says:

John Patrick Diggins (a brilliant scholar) reviews Taylor's "A Secular Age" for the NYTBR. He is courteous and respectful but ultimately fairly negative on Taylor's apparent dependence on neo-Hegelian "dialectical fantasies."

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