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

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I think he needs to put Connie up front more. She is a solid scientist and  
a good foil for his energy.
 
I saw him speak several years ago and took an online course. More recently  
I've enjoyed Andrew Cohen and Craig Hamilton's online work, and of course  
Andrew's book Evolutionary Enlightenment.
 
Jann McGuire
 
 
In a message dated 7/10/2013 8:37:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tim at tswegner.net writes:

Dowd came to speak at our church (Covenant Church in Houston). He  is an 
amazingly high energy speaker, very interesting. He strides back and  forth 
over about 30 feet on the stage with every possible gesture. But the  high 
energy wears thin very quickly. Kind of like sticking the audience's  heads in 
a fire hydrant stream. Too bad, because few people can do what he  does. If 
he could alternate his high energy mode with a slow, quietly dramatic  mode 
he would be a blockbuster speaker. Strange that someone who is on the  road 
speaking continuously hasn't gotten (or maybe hasn't listened to) a  little 
coaching on public speaking. Wouldn't take much to improve, assuming he  is 
capable of standing still and lowering his voice for a few seconds. :-)  


I remember his style more than his message. We bought his book "Thank God  
for Evolution" which I will read and give him a chance.

Tim







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