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Updated 15 December 2011

On March 29-31, 2012, there will be a conference on the occasion of Charles Taylor's 80th birthday, celebrating and engaging with his career as a scholar, a public intellectual, and a political actor. The conference will examine Taylor's work and ideas across fields of inquiry, including agency, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, Hegel, political theory, modernity, Canada, and secularism and religion.
The conference will be held at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
Go here for more information (http://www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/gripp/events/taylor).
Attendees are welcome to e-mail Pierre-Yves Néron <py.neron@gmail.com> to indicate their interest in registering.

“Philosophers and theologians worldwide condemn Iran's attack on Baha'i educators.”  Bahá'í World News Service, 10 October 2011.  [Full Article] [PDF of Letter]

The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011), has published a recent issue entitled "Charles Taylor and the Philosophy of Medicine." [Table of Contents].

The April edition of Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011) is devoted to Taylor's thought, and includes a response by Taylor. [Table of Contents]

Latest Bibliography Updates

• Updated 15 December 2011
• PRIMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• [With Jocelyn Maclure]. Laïcité et liberté de conscience. Montreal: Boréal, 2010. [Publisher's Page]
• English Translation: Secularism and Freedom of Conscience, Harvard University Press, 2011. [Publisher's Page]
• Spanish Translation: Laicidad y libertad de conciencia.  Alianza Editorial, 2011.
• German Translation: „Laizität und Gewissensfreiheit“. Aus dem Französischen von Eva Buddeberg und Robin Celikates. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2011.
• “Magisterial Authority.”  In The Crisis of Authority in Catholic Modernity, edited by Michael J. Lacey and Francis Oakley.  Oxford: OUP, 2011. 
  "La secolarizzazione fallita e la riscoperta dello spirito", in Vita e Pensiero, 91 (2008) 29-33.
• 'Response.' Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 125-133.
• [with FA Carnevale, and DM Weinstock]. "Toward a Hermeneutical Conception of Medicine: A Conversation with Charles Taylor." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 436-445.
• Slawomir Sierakowski, Charles Taylor.  “The de-politicization of politics.” Eurozine,  Oct 11, 2011. [Full Article]. 
• "Recovering the Sacred." Inquiry 54, no. 2 (April 2011): 113-125.
•  "Reason, Faith, and Meaning." Faith And Philosophy: Journal Of The Society Of Christian Philosophers 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 5-18.
  
• “Democratic exclusion (and its remedies?).” Eurozine,  Feb 21, 2002. [Full Article].
  
• “Three Malaises.”  In In the Agora: The Public Face of Canadian Philosophy, Andrew D. Irvine and John S. Russell, editors.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2006. [Google Books]
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• SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• Abbey, Ruth. “Another Philosopher-Citizen: The Political Philosophy of Charles Taylor” for Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, edited by Catherine Zuckert, Cambridge UP. 2011, pp. 264-277.
• Abbey, Ruth. Review of Jocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor, Secularism and Freedom of Conscience, Harvard University Press, 2011. Notre Dame Philosophical Review, December 13, 2011. [Full Article].
• Baldacchino, Jean-Paul.  "Miracles in the Waiting Room of Modernity: The Canonisation of Dun Gorg of Malta." Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 104-124
• ----------. and Kahn, Joel S.  "Believing in a Secular Age: Anthropology, Sociology and Religious Experience." Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 1-13.
• Benner, P. "Formation in Professional Education: An Examination of the Relationship Between Theories of Meaning and Theories of the Self." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 342-353.
• Bibeau, Gilles.  “What Is Human in Humans? Responses from Biology, Anthropology, and Philosophy.” J Med Philos (2011) 36 (4): 354-363.
• Branford, Anna.  "Gould and the Fairies." Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 89-103.
• Cady, Linell E. "Religious Imagination in a Late Secular Age: Extending Liberal Traditions in the Twenty-First Century." American Journal Of Theology And Philosophy 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 23-42.
• Carnevale, FA, and DM Weinstock. "Questions in Contemporary Medicine and the Philosophy of Charles Taylor: An Introduction."Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 329-334.
• Carson, RA. "On Metaphorical Concentration: Language and Meaning in Patient-Physician Relations." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 385-393.
• Collins-Cavanaugh, Dan. "Real Fathers Bake Cookies." Fatherhood: The Dao of Daddy, (2010): 99.
• Dreyfus, HL. "Medicine as Combining Natural and Human Science." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 335-341.
• Eipper, Chris   2011  'The Spectre of Godlessness: Making Sense of Secularity'  Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22: 14-39
• Elliott, C. "Enhancement Technologies and the Modern Self."Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 364-374.
• Faure, Gerbert. "De spanning tussen een intern en een extern perspectief op religie vandaag: In gesprek met Marcel Gauchet, Luc Ferry en Charles Taylor." Bijdragen, Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie En Theologie 72, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 39-64.
• Geyer, Christian. “Im Grunde leuchtet die Welt” [Review of  „Laizität und Gewissensfreiheit“].  Frankfurter Allgemeine, [*date]. [Full Article]
• Gibson, A. "Building Solidarity: Or, Fighting Our Way Towards a Better Country." Journal of Canadian Studies-revue D Etudes Canadiennes, 45.2 (2011): 76-95.
• Hunter, Ian. "Charles Taylor's a Secular Age and Secularization in Early Modern Germany." Modern Intellectual History, 8.3 (2011): 621-646.
• Ireland, Rowan. "Religion on Dover Beach." Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 56-75.
• Jensen, Bernard Eric. "Re-Imagining a People: Towards a Theory of Peoplehood as Social Imaginary", in  Michael Bøss (ed.). Narrating Peoplehood amidst Diversity: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2011, p.25-39
• Kaczmarek, Agnieszka.“Beyond the Unbearable Lightness...” REA: Religion, Education and the Arts, Issue 7, 2011. [PDF]
• Kahn, Joel S. “Understanding: Between Belief and Unbelief.” Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 76-8.
• Kahn-Nisser, S. "Toward a Unity of Ethics and Practice: Interpreting Inclusion and Diversity."International Studies Review, 13.3 (2011): 387-410.
• Kelly, RA. "Public Theology and the Modern Social Imaginary." Dialog-a Journal of Theology, 50.2 (2011): 162-173.
  Kennedy, Terence.  “Charles Taylor on Violence and Social Structure.”  In Religions, Diversity and Conflict, ed. Edward Foley.  Münster, Westf: LIT, 2011. 
• Krase, Jerome. “Ethnic Crossroads: Visualizing Urban Narratives.”  In Orte der Diversität, Cristina Allemann-Ghionda and Wolf.-Dietrich Bukow (Hrsg.). VS Verlag, 2011.
• Lehman, G. "Interpretivism, Postmodernism and Nature: Ecological Conversations."Philosophy & Social Criticism, 37.7 (2011): 795-821.
• Martin, Bernice.  Review of Dillemmas and Connections.  Journal of Contemporary Religion, 26.3 (2011): 485-487.
• Martinuk, Matthew J M. “A Fundamental Orientation to the Good: Iris Murdoch's Influence on Charles Taylor.”  In Mark Luprect ed. Iris Murdoch: Influence and Influences. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2012 (Forthcoming) [Full Article]
• McNamara, Tony. “Back to the Future: Confronting the Market State by Re-Affirming the Common Good: An Essay in Political Theology.”  REA: A Journal of Religion, Education and the Arts, Issue 7, 2011. [Full Article].
• McClimans, L. "Interpretability, Validity, and the Minimum Important Difference." Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 32.6 (2011): 389-401.
• Meynell, Robert. Canadian Idealism and the Philosophy of Freedom: C.B. Macpherson, George Grant, Charles Taylor. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.
• Morais, Alexander Almeida.  “A Concepção De Charles Taylor De Uma Ética Da Autenticidade Unida A Uma Política Do Reconhecimento.” (In Portuguese).  Revista Filosofia Capital, v. 6, n. 13 (2011).
• Montero, Darío. “A Taylorian Perspective on Social Change: Social Meanings and Cultural Identities.” International Proceedings of  Economics Development and Research vol.17 (2011).  [Full Article].
• Neill, Daniel I O. “Multicultural Liberals and the Rushdie Affair : A Critique of.” Politics 61.2 (2011) : 219-250.
• Olsen, James C.  “Faith and Knowledge: Intellectual Prospects for Mormonism Charles Taylor: Catholic Mentor to the Mormon Scholar.”  Dialogue - A Journal of Mormon Thought. Volume 44, Number 3 / Fall 2011. 94 – 120.
• Oppenheiner, Mark. "Sentimentality or Honesty? On Charles Taylor." The Nation, August 10, 2011. [Full Article]
• Prendergast, Monica. "Utopian Performatives and the Social Imaginary: Toward a New Philosophy of Drama/Theater Education." Journal Of Aesthetic Education 45, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 58-73.
• Prokesová, Eva. "Identity Crisis and Strong Evaluation (in Slovak)." Filozofia 66, no. 5 (January 1, 2011): 486-490.
• Salazar, Carlos León.  “Charles Taylor, Imaginarios sociales modernos.” Iztapalapa N° 1, Número. 64-65 (2008). 
• Schlegel, JL. "The Uncertain Futures of Secularization Regarding Charles Taylor's a Secular Age."ESPRIT, 6 (2011): 136-146.
• Schultz, DS, and LV Flasher. "Charles Taylor, Phronesis, and Medicine: Ethics and Interpretation in Illness Narrative." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 394-409.
• Smith, Karl E. “Meaning, Subjectivity, Society: Making Sense of Modernity.”  International Comparative Social Studies series. Brill: Leiden & Boston, 2010.
• ----------. ‘“Deep Engagement” & Disengaged Reason.’  Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2011): 40–55.
• Sointu, Eeva, and Linda Woodhead. "Spirituality, Gender, and Expressive Selfhood." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47.2 (2008): 259.
• Stoljar, N. "Informed Consent and Relational Conceptions of Autonomy." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 36.4 (2011): 375-384.
• Thomson, I. "Transcendence and the Problem of Otherworldly Nihilism: Taylor, Heidegger, Nietzsche." Inquiry-an Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 54.2 (2011): 140-159.
• Todd, Douglas. “Secularization the best thing for religion.”  Vancouver Sun, August 6, 2011.  [Full Article].
• Wandler, Reiner. “Plädoyer für den neutralen Staat” [Review of Laizität und Gewissensfreiheit /Secularism and Freedom of Conscience] .Taz.de, 04.11.2011. [Full Article]. 
• Wenzel, Uwe Justus. “Lob der Vielfalt” [Review of Laizität und Gewissensfreiheit (Secularism and Freedom of Conscience)].  Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 5. November 2011.  [Full Article].
• Williams, Robert R..  Review of Hegel on Action, edited by Arto Laitinen and Constantine Sandis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).  Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 12.05.2011.  [Full Article]
• Zhao, Kang, and Gert Biesta. "The Moral Dimension of Lifelong Learning: Giddens, Taylor, and the “Reflexive Project of the Self”." Adult Education Quarterly (2011).
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• MEDIA:
• "The Malaise of Modernity" [5 parts]. CBC Radio, August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 5; April 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2011. [Audio]
• Dialogue: Charles M. Taylor and Tu Weiming at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna, Austria, June 11th, 2011.  [Video]. 
• McCall, Storrs. “Why Charles Taylor is the Greatest McGillian.” Aug 12, 2011. [Video].
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• DISSERTATIONS AND THESES:
• Brodrick, Robert J. "Ecclesiology in a Secular Age: Ecclesiological Implications of the Work of Charles Taylor and Bernard Lonergan." PhD Dissertation, University of Dayton, 2011.
• Gibson, Andrew. "What We Have Yet Failed to Achieve: A Study of Charles Taylor's Canadian Social Criticism." Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, 71.12-A (2011).
• Harrison, Alaina Marie. "Democracy, Difference, and Belonging: Taylor, Kymlicka, Habermas and the Challenge of Cultural Accommodation."The University of Regina (Canada), 2010.
• Madathikunnel, Sabu George. An assessment of modern self, the moral sources and the collective connective nature of religion in the writings of Charles Taylor. Diss. lic. (M.A.), K.U.Leuven. Hoger instituut voor wijsbegeerte, 2007.
• -----------. Charles Taylor and the theory of secularization with a reference to Löwith and Blumenberg. Diss. MPhil, K.U.Leuven. Hoger instituut voor wijsbegeerte, 2008.
• Mozumder, Mohammad Golam Nabi.  “Interrogating Post-Secularism: Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, and Talal Asad.”  Master’s Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2011. 
• Olearnik, Paula Louise. "Beyond Exclusive Humanism." Georgetown University, 2010.
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• GENERAL RESOURCES:
• "A Secular Age: The Seminar"
  A blog associated with a seminar on Taylor's A Secular Age given by Professor James K. A. Smith at Calvin College in the Spring of 2011.

Contact Dr. Ruth Abbey with questions or comments about this bibliography