In his sweeping survey of the rise of secularism, Charles Taylor reveals how the modern world has been drained of its spirits. But our supposedly disenchanted culture is still haunted by an older sense of the sacred that keeps leaking back, especially at threshold moments like birth and death. As we meander through the stones and bones of Oak Hill Cemetery, we’ll explore what it means to re-enchant our attention on hallowed grounds where the veil is thin and the self more porous.

Text: Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age

Date: Friday, October 16 at 1pm

Location: Oak Hill Cemetery, DC

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