Reddit reviews The Skilled Pastor: Counseling as the Practice of Theology

Charles Taylor has no credibility on this topic and here's why:

• Some of Charles Taylor's published books:
  
  • A Catholic Modernity? 1999 Charles Taylor
    
    • A Plea in favor of Theism in modern society, according to Taylor's own religious convictions.
      
  • Varieties of Religion Today, 2002 Charles Taylor
    
    • A remarkable and penetrating view of the relation between religion and social order and, ultimately, of what "religion" means.
      
  • The Skilled Pastor: Counseling as the Practice of Theology, 1991 Charles Taylor
    
    • A splendid volume detailing the specific skills necessary for sound pastoral guidance in various situations. The author integrates theological reflection with practice, while incorporating religious resources with counseling technique.
      
  • The Malaise of Modernity, 2003 Charles Taylor
    
    • Individualism and free choice have led to self-defined "flattened" individuals who lack self-fulfillment, Taylor suggest a return to community involvement (including religion) to help modern people find fulfillment.
      
  • Modern Social Imaginaries, 2003 Charles Taylor
    
    • A series of stories that turns into a philosophical discussion that demonstrate that the foundation of the modern social imaginary and all modernities are rooted in the disenchantment with religion and the saints and the miracles.
      
• $1.5 million Templeton Prize
  
  • The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works". The John Templeton Foundation promotes the intersection of religion and Science (intelligent design) and promotes free market ideas. (Right wing think tank).
    
    Charles Taylor is a giant of the world of philosophy but he has one single problem, as a practicing Catholic he is incapable of imagining a world devoid of religious belief, he affirms that "community living" brings self-fulfillment and insists that religious beliefs serves an important purpose in making people happy and fulfilled.
    
    Taylor sees society as a collection of communities living one inside the other, the Canadian Community containing the other communities like Russian dolls nested inside one another.
    
    Finally, Taylor is blind to the fact that religious sectarianism destroys his candid view of religion and society.
    
    His own religious beliefs blind him to reality, he imagines all religious people being exactly as he is.