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Templeton Prize Winner Taylor Talks About Spirituality in Modern Society (PBS NewsHour, interview by Ray Suarez)

Charles Taylor · 20 Mar 2007

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    The humanities and social sciences leave out the spiritual dimension of human life

    Their wordsthey try to explain everything human beings do by talking about economic factors, political factors, drive for power, all of which are important, but they leave out what I call the spiritual dimension.

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    Extremist movements draw young people by offering meaning and dignity

    Their wordsAnd somebody comes along and gives them a tremendous sense of meaning and dignity and power if they join this movement and even sometimes do some terrible things.

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