NEW TIME: 4:30 - 6:30
"Secularism and Religious and Spiritual Forms of Belonging" Prof. Charles Taylor, McGill University Respondents: Prof. Rajeev Bhargava, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Prof. Jose Casanova, Georgetown University When: Friday, 29 April 2016, 4:30pm - 6.00pm Where: Ryan Auditorium, James Carroll Building, 40 Edward Street, North Sydney Abstract: Secularization has meant not mainly the decline of religion (although in many countries this has been a consequence )- but, rather, the pluralization of religious, or spiritual positions, and the creation of a culture of ecumenical exchange, which is very different from what obtained half a century ago. Professor Taylor examines this development and contrasts it to another religious development, viz., the use of religion as a marker of political identity and mobilization, frequently accompanied by conflict and violence. This bifurcation of religious belonging into two utterly opposed tendencies is a crucial feature of our times. [ISJemailpicture]
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