[Oe List ...] A Secular Age

[John Cock]

Thanks, Frank, for setting me up.
 
Yes, I got the suggestion from colleague Bob Fishel to check _A Secular Age_
out of library and at least scan it, which I did late 2008. 3 daily
reflections on Taylor and book:
http://rejourney.blogspot.com/search?q=charles+taylor.
 
We were extremely lucky duckies to at least get it articulated to ourselves
and others, over and over, that meaning is everywhere, in everything; all is
transparent to meaning; the kingdom is eternally at hand; heaven on earth,
even in the midst of hell; other world in this world ... all is good; RS-I;
sanctification, etc., etc., etc. 
 
One of our greatest gifts: we were gung ho about the story. We loved to tell
the story. And the story has stuck with us and sustained us mightily. 
 
And this is what we've been writing and blogging and sharing (of late, in
the Profound Journey Dialog): spirit is at the heart of everything and every
situation; all is full of meaning. Be aware. Here and now, boys. Something
like that. 
 
Profound secularity, as Taylor might say.
 
Let us rehearse the story -- the fundamental fact of our existence --
everywhichway everyday, and give thanks.
 
Selah.
 
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Dea colleagues

I've started auditing a post-graduate subject called "Readings in Systematic
Theology", called "A Secular Age" based on a book of that name (about 400
pages!) by US priest Charles Taylor.  It will be a very exhaustive
examination of the subject, digging very deep and wide, and going back to
medieval times.  13 sessions x 2 hrs.  Very, very comprehensive 300+ pages.
Worth borrowing from a library at first as it's about $75.
 
My bias. which I'll be testing out, is that "the sacred is just an
intensification of what we now call everyday life, the secular".  I think
the separation of the two notions, which is not very Hebrew but is more
Hellenistic, has to do with the development of religious institutions over
the centuries.  (In my thinking, I'm using it as a deep, deep, look at the
EI>ICA transition.)

Has anybody on our listserv read it?
 
Cheers
 
Frank Bremner
 
  



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