Secular Age

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year n A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year n A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year n A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year n A Tablet Best Book of the Year n Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award n n n One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society. n -The Economist n n Taylor takes on the broad phenomenon of secularization in its full complexity...[A] voluminous, impressively researched and often fascinating social and intellectual history. n -Jack Miles, Los Angeles Times n n A Secular Age is a work of stupendous breadth and erudition. n -John Patrick Diggins, New York Times Book Review n n A culminating dispatch from the philosophical frontlines. It is at once encyclopedic and incisive, a sweeping overview that is no less analytically rigorous for its breadth. n -Steven Hayward, Cleveland Plain Dealer n n [A] thumping great volume. n -Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian n n Very occasionally there appears a book destined to endure. A Secular Age is such a book. n -Edward Skidelsky, Daily Telegraph n n It is refreshing to read an inquiry into the condition of religion that is exploratory in its approach. n -John Gray, Harper's n n A Secular Age represents a singular achievement. n -Christopher J. Insole, Times Literary Supplement n n A determinedly brilliant new book. n -London Review of Books n