Mark C. Taylor

Mark C. Taylor

Research Interest

Education

Doktorgrad, Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, 1981
PhD, Religion, Harvard University, 1973
BA, Wesleyan University, 1968

Biography

His many books include: "Journeys to Selfhood: Hegel and Kierkegaard" (1980), "Erring: A Postmodern A/Theology" (1984), "Disfiguring: Art, Architecture, Religion" (1994), "Hiding" (1997), "About Religion: Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture" (1999), "The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture" (2001), "Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World Without Redemption" (2006), "Mystic Bones" (2007), and "After God" (2007), “Field Notes from Elsewhere: Reflections on Dying and Living” (2008), “Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Colleges and Universities” (2010), “Refiguring the Spiritual” (2012), “Rewiring the Real” (2013), “Recovering Place” (2014), and “Speed Limits” (2014), "Last Works: Lessons in Leaving" (2017), "Abiding Grace: Time, Modernity, Death" (2018) and "Seeing Silence" (forthcoming). In addition to his writing, Taylor has produced a CD-ROM, “Motel Real: Las Vegas, Nevada,” and has had an exhibition of the artwork accompanying his book, “Grave Matters,” at the Mass MOCA. Over the years Taylor has also played a major role in introducing new technologies to the classroom. In 1998, he co-founded a company named Global Education Network, whose mission was to introduce high-quality online education in the arts, sciences and humanities to anyone, anywhere in the world. He is also an artist whose exhibitions include: Grave Matters, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (2002), and Sensing Place, Francine and Sterling Clark Art Institute (2016).

Beyond his scholarly work, Taylor contributes to the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and other periodicals, and appears regularly on NPR.

Recent Publications

Smart Bodies, Smart Things. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021.

Seeing Silence, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Abiding Grace: Time, Modernity, Death. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Last Works: Lessons in Leaving. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.