Jocelyn Maclure is Professeur agrege de philosophie at Universite Laval. Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University.
"This little book is a philosophical novella whose greatest virtue is that it may actually be read by both religious thinkers and academic philosophers--two audiences of slight interaction--and perhaps even ignite a sustained dialogue between them. -- Philip S. Gorski, Yale University Charles Taylor and Jocelyn Maclure elucidate the ""constitutive principles"" of secularism in this brief, well-structured, carefully argued work of philosophical analysis...Taylor and Maclure have written a sophisticated conceptual analysis. Not everyone will agree with all of their pronouncements, but their work certainly enhances one's understanding of the meaning and nature of secularism. -- Graeme Voyer * Winnipeg Free Press * Taylor and Maclure have collaborated to present a clear, compelling and common-sense analysis of the vexed issue of church and state in contemporary politics. They commend a ""liberal-pluralist"" approach to cultural difference. -- Dennis O'Brien * America *"