This article examines Charles Taylor’s argument that since the 1960s a culture of authenticity has come to define the late modern period. The “age of authenticity” thesis is based on a philosophical and historical approach that follows the development of Romanticism, culminating in the expressive individualism of late modernity. Taylor focuses on the lived experience of secularity and the development of a particular identity that revolves around choice, emotion, and an eclectic approach to religion. Further analysis of Taylor’s work is examined with sociological research on the sacred self and consumption, evangelical and pentecostal appropriation of authenticity, no religion as an option in the age of authenticity, and questions about the search for meaning and purpose.

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真实时代宗教与自我的转变

本文探讨了查尔斯·泰勒（Charles Taylor）的论点，即自1960年代以来，真实文化已定义了近代晚期。“真实性的时代”论断是基于一种哲学和历史的方法，该方法遵循浪漫主义的发展，最终达到了后期现代性的表现主义个人主义。泰勒专注于世俗生活的经验，以及围绕选择，情感和折衷宗教方法发展的特定身份。泰勒的作品的进一步分析，是通过对神圣的自我和消费，对福音派和五旬节派的真实性进行的社会学研究，对真实性时代没有宗教信仰的选择，以及对意义和目的的追问而进行的。