A Secular Age
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A Secular Age is a landmark philosophical and historical study by Charles Taylor that examines how Western societies moved from a world where belief in God was virtually unquestioned to one in which religious faith is just one option among many.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Secular Age canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1723174 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Secular Age Context triple: [Charles Taylor, notableWork, A Secular Age]
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A.
God Is Not Great
God Is Not Great is a polemical book by Christopher Hitchens that critiques religion and argues for secularism and rational inquiry.
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B.
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers is a foundational 1799 work of modern Protestant theology in which Friedrich Schleiermacher defends the essence of religious experience to skeptical, educated audiences of his time.
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C.
A History of God
A History of God is a widely acclaimed book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that traces the development and transformations of the concept of God in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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D.
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism is a landmark mid-20th-century evangelical book by theologian Carl F. H. Henry that critiques fundamentalism’s withdrawal from social and cultural engagement and calls for a more robust public witness.
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E.
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Secular Age Target entity description: A Secular Age is a landmark philosophical and historical study by Charles Taylor that examines how Western societies moved from a world where belief in God was virtually unquestioned to one in which religious faith is just one option among many.
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A.
God Is Not Great
God Is Not Great is a polemical book by Christopher Hitchens that critiques religion and argues for secularism and rational inquiry.
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B.
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers is a foundational 1799 work of modern Protestant theology in which Friedrich Schleiermacher defends the essence of religious experience to skeptical, educated audiences of his time.
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C.
A History of God
A History of God is a widely acclaimed book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that traces the development and transformations of the concept of God in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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D.
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism is a landmark mid-20th-century evangelical book by theologian Carl F. H. Henry that critiques fundamentalism’s withdrawal from social and cultural engagement and calls for a more robust public witness.
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E.
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ work of religious studies ⓘ |
| argues |
belief in God becomes one option among many
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modern secularity involves new conditions of belief ⓘ secularization is not simply decline of religion ⓘ |
| author | Charles Taylor ⓘ |
| awarded | Templeton Prize citation reference ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| examines |
historical development of secular societies
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multiple forms of secularity ⓘ relationship between religion and modernity ⓘ transition from a society of shared belief to pluralism of options ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
North America
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Western Europe ⓘ |
| genre |
history of ideas
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intellectual history ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasReception |
subject of extensive academic commentary
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widely acclaimed as a landmark study of secularization ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary philosophy of religion
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political theory on secularism ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
cross pressures
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exclusive humanism ⓘ fullness ⓘ immanent frame ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
belief and unbelief
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conditions of belief ⓘ modernity ⓘ religion in Western society ⓘ secularization ⓘ |
| pageCount | 896 ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Taylor's work on modernity ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Modern Social Imaginaries
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Sources of the Self ⓘ |
| structure | historical narrative from 1500 to present ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
philosophers
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scholars of religion ⓘ students of modern intellectual history ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
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Subject: A Secular Age Description of subject: A Secular Age is a landmark philosophical and historical study by Charles Taylor that examines how Western societies moved from a world where belief in God was virtually unquestioned to one in which religious faith is just one option among many.
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