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How to study the contemporary dynamics between the religious, the nonreligious and the secular in a globalizing world? Obviously, their relationship is not an empirical datum, liable to the procedures of verification or of logical deduction. We are in need of alternative conceptual and methodological tools. This volume argues that the concept of 'social imaginary' as it is used by Charles Taylor, is of utmost importance as a methodological tool to understand these dynamics. The first section is dedicated to the conceptual clarification of Taylor's notion of social imaginaries both through a historical study of their genealogy and through conceptual analysis. In the second section, we clarify the relation of 'social imaginaries' to the concept of (religious) worldviewing, understood as a process of truth seeking. Furthermore, we discuss the practical usefulness of the concept of social imaginaries for cultural scientists, by focusing on the concept of human rights as a secular social imaginary. In the third and final section, we relate Taylor's view on the role of social imaginaries and the new paths it opens up for religious studies to other analyses of the secular-religious divide, as they nowadays mainly come to the fore in the debates on what is coined as the 'post-secular.'

Religion and sociology. --- Postsecularism. --- Globalization --- Religious aspects. --- Charles Taylor, worldviews, social imaginary, globalization.

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The Beatty Lecture (est. 1954) is McGill University's most anticipated annual event. Offering insight to some of the most significant moments our time, this collection spotlights fifteen outstanding Beatty Lectures, spanning seven decades, and provides a historical, behind-the-scenes look at one of Canada's longest-running lecture series.

Speeches, addresses, etc. --- Beatty, Edward Wentworth, --- McGill University. --- Barbara Ward. --- Canadian. --- Charles Taylor. --- Chinese cultural revolution. --- Cicely Saunders. --- Doctors Without Borders. --- Edward Beatty. --- Han Suyin. --- McGill. --- Michael Ignatieff. --- Mikhail Gorbachev. --- Montreal. --- Muhammad Yunus. --- Rowan Williams. --- Roxane Gay. --- Yehudi Menuhin. --- apartheid. --- archives. --- astronomy. --- climate change. --- contemporary. --- feminism. --- gender. --- genetic engineering. --- history. --- palliative care. --- philosophy. --- politics. --- science. --- social business. --- society. --- university.

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Avec la question de la modernité, celle de la religion est au cœur de la réflexion et de l'œuvre de Charles Taylor, que plusieurs considèrent comme " l'un des philosophes les plus importants de notre époque ". Dans cet essai audacieux et pénétrant, dont le point de départ est l'ouvrage de William James paru en 1902, The Varieties of Religious Experience, une double question retient son attention : que veut-on dire lorsqu'on qualifie notre époque de séculière ? comment cette sécularisation s'est-elle opérée ? Soulignant le rôle déterminant de l'expérience religieuse dans la compréhension moderne de la religion, et reconnaissant sur ce point l'étonnante actualité de la réflexion de James, Taylor présente une analyse nuancée sur le devenir de la religion au sein du monde occidental

Experience (Religion) --- Psychology, Religious --- Religion --- Expérience (Religion) --- Psychologie religieuse --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- James, William, --- Religion. --- Contributions in philosophy of religion --- Expérience religieuse --- Critique et interprétation --- Expérience (Religion) --- James, William --- Critique et interprétation. --- Expérience religieuse. --- Psychologie religieuse. --- James, William, - 1842-1910 - Contributions in philosophy of religion --- James, William, - 1842-1910 --- l'expérience religieuse --- diversité religieuse --- la modernité --- Charles Taylor --- William James --- The Varieties of Religious Experience --- 1902 --- sécularisation --- le monde occidental

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This book explores efforts in early modern Catholicism to encourage young men and women to discern the "state of life" to which they were called, whether clerical, religious, or lay. Lane analyzes the origins, growth, and influence of a culture of vocation that became central to the Catholic Reformation as it unfolded in seventeenth-century France.

Reformation --- Catholic Church --- Clergy --- Appointment, call, and election. --- France --- Church history. --- Catholicism. --- Charles Taylor. --- Christianity. --- Counter-Reformation. --- European. --- Francis de Sales. --- French. --- Ignatian. --- Ignatius Loyola. --- Jansenist. --- Old Regime. --- Reformation. --- ancien regime. --- authority. --- clergy. --- clerical. --- coercion. --- confessionalization. --- devotion. --- devout. --- discernment. --- education. --- etat de vie. --- freedom. --- grace. --- inclusive. --- laity. --- layman. --- liberty. --- marriage. --- method. --- modernity. --- monastic. --- moralism. --- pastoral. --- patriarchal. --- piety. --- priesthood. --- rationalization. --- religious. --- rigorist. --- salvation. --- state life. --- systematization. --- vows. --- youth.

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Taylor, Charles --- Civilization, Modern. --- Civilization, Modern --- 261.6 --- 261.6 De Kerk en de cultuur: christelijke beschaving; Kerk en vooruitgang; Kerk en wereld --- De Kerk en de cultuur: christelijke beschaving; Kerk en vooruitgang; Kerk en wereld --- Modern civilization --- Modernity --- Civilization --- Renaissance --- History --- Catholic Church --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Doctrines. --- catholicism --- modernity --- catholic modernity --- Voltaire --- transcendence --- Matteo Ricci --- prodigal culture --- Augustine --- Charles Taylor's Marianist Award Lecture