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

[Ellie Stock]

Thanks for everyone's comments on Brook's article and Dowd's book/speaking.

Dowd (and Connie) spoke at our church in 2009, and we had heard him speak a number of times before that as well as led studies using his books and dvds, including Thank God for Evolution which I thought was helpful.  

In the Order we used to (still do?) call ourselves/the movement "the secular religious".  I think we were right on re the Other World, Profound Humanness and The New Religious Mode (used this for a Lenten Study at church in 2011) work.

Ellie




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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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