Category Archives: Charles Taylor

Sustaining Institutions over Time & Collective Identity

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Richard Heyduck

Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor recently wrote on “Political Identity and the Problem of Democratic Exclusion” for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Opinion page. He argues for the need for greater cohesion and unity among “the people” than is commonly found in … Continue reading →

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Is Discipline the Answer?

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Discipline is a good Methodist word. Sure, it’s mostly been reduced the name of a book, but we still value the idea. Our Methodist relationship with discipline mirrors what I see in our broader society. We think discipline is good, … Continue reading →

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Another, older, NCLB

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Charles Taylor (in A Secular Age) considers the depth of Reform in the middle ages to be much greater than the line from Wycliffe, to Huss, to Luther and beyond, connecting it to the rise of the modern preoccupation with … Continue reading →

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Joining the Big Story

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

One of the books I’m reading now (having a short attention span, I usually read several at a time) is Dave Schmelzer’s Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist. On p. 105 Schmelzer says, This [he’s been talking … Continue reading →

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