[Oe List ...] A review of Charles Taylor's "The Secular Society"

[R Williams]

Herman,
 
I read Brooks' article this morning somewhat hastily.  What I thought he missed was the subtle distinction between belief (intellectual assent) and faith ("you-bet-your-life" trust), which is a very healthy and informative conversation going on today in certain circles.  Whether he (Brooks) does justice to Taylor's book, I do not know, but on what appears to be the same subject I would recommend The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox and Thank God for Evolution by Michael Dowd.  Dowd's book, which I suspect you are familiar with, is about the marriage of science and religion, which he explains thoroughly and, for my money, quite convincingly.
 
Randy

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It's no doubt hard to do a book review in the constraints of a NYC op-ed column. 

David Brooks tries, but I'm not tuning in to the richness of his review. Still I thought this may be of interest to you who taught about an urban, scientific and secular world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/opinion/brooks-the-secular-society.html?hp

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