I have just finished reading a chapter in Rowan Williams' book Faith in the Public Square, entitled "Has secularism failed?" Reading this work is part of my recently begun PhD program, as I attempt to gain a broader understanding of Charles Taylor and his model of a 'social imaginary.' Taylor is now most know for his major work A Secular Age which sets out to tell the story of 'how we got here' in the 21st century. As such, Williams' chapter could be read as a score card for our secular age, an evaluation which reinforces many of Taylor's own critiques and comments of the world we experience.
