~ William Barbieri, School of Theology & Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America ~ Carolyn Chau, Toronto School of Theology, Regis College (Toronto, Canada) ~ Pablo Lazo Briones, Department of Philosophy, Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, Mexico) In this World Catholicism Week 2011 session, experts on Charles Taylor’s intercultural thought from Mexico, the United States, and Canada discuss his contribution to a theory and theology of intercultural dialogue. Even before the appearance of THE SECULAR AGE (2007), Taylor had already developed an ethics of intercultural dialogue. In fact, he had highlighted the potential of a philosophical theory of interpretation for intercultural dialogue. Taylor also dealt with the view that to understand the world through a philosophical theory of interpretation did not entail turning a blind eye to justice or social fragmentation. His work also deals with the need in our age to embrace multiple theories of modernity and modernization. *NOTE: The presentation by Prof. Lazo Briones is delivered in Spanish, but the text of the English translation is available online at XXXXX.
