Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age is a monumental philosophical and historical account of secularization in the modern West. Its magisterial treatment of the shift from a society in which belief in God was the default to one in which unbelief is plausible and even dominant has reshaped discussions in theology, philosophy, and cultural analysis. Being a very dense and often referenced book, it is particularly suited to Logos’s tools: the ability to annotate, cross-reference, and search thematically would provide users with an invaluable aid in engaging deeply with Taylor’s arguments. Logos is uniquely positioned to make such a major theoretical work accessible to scholars, pastors, and students who seek to understand the background conditions of faith and ministry in late modernity.
Moreover, A Secular Age is already an anchor point for a growing body of other books available in Logos: James K. A. Smith’s How (Not) to Be Secular, Andrew Root’s Ministry in a Secular Age series, and Our Secular Age (Gospel Coalition) all presuppose or actively engage Taylor’s framework. Including the original text would greatly enhance the value of these existing works and facilitate a fuller engagement with contemporary questions of belief, disenchantment, and modern identity.
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