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“LONG LIVE THE WEEDS AND THE WILDERNESS YET”: REFLECTIONS ON A SECULAR AGE
Article first published online: 8 JUN 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2010.01612.x
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HAUERWAS, S. and COLES, R. (2010), “LONG LIVE THE WEEDS AND THE WILDERNESS YET”: REFLECTIONS ON A SECULAR AGE. Modern Theology, 26: 349–362. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2010.01612.x
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- Issue published online: 8 JUN 2010
- Article first published online: 8 JUN 2010
Abstract
While we are deeply appreciative of Taylor's A Secular Age, we nonetheless worry that his use of the immanent/transcendent duality may introduce a certain kind of Christian Constantinianism that he wants to disavow. In particular, we worry that the immanent/transcendent duality is far too formal in its character. In order to develop this concern, we draw on Talal Asad's account of the secular to suggest how liturgy may provide an alternative way of understanding as well as challenging Taylor's worries about “the immanent frame.”