The Parti Québecois’s now-notorious “Values Charter” has received its proper share of ignominy, albeit rather belatedly. The thing was a...

I look forward to serving as the lone respondent to the local showing of a documentary that has already received notice in the American...

Sen. Rob Portman is making news as the first Republican notable to come out for the legalization of homosexual marriage in the United...

A rump of the Supreme Court of Canada (several justices did not participate in the ruling) voted unanimously to uphold parts of...

The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...

Some of our American cousins are a-twitter (so to speak) over the speech given by surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson at the National Prayer...

On the 25th anniversary of R. v. Morgentaler, some feminists are understandably worried that the rights of certain women—childbearing...

In my book, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World, I devote a chapter to the theology of culture of C. S. Lewis. In...

As our American neighbours’ political campaigns are now at fever pitch, there is great danger of evil being committed in the name of...

We don’t turn to our politicians for fine points of ethical reasoning. Politicians are supposed to be good at other things, such as...

ITEM: “Public Safety Minister Vic Toews mandated that the federal prison system’s 71 full-time chaplains, who are overwhelmingly...

As Parliament has finally allowed itself to discuss who, or what, qualifies as a human being—however briefly, and to no effect—some...

What is the point of the cartoon? The “journalists” at Charlie Hebdo published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad. They’re stupid...

(Longtime readers of this weblog will know that I published a version of this post some years ago. But it seems, somehow, still...

I subscribe to Vancouver magazine. It tells me what’s happening in the arts in my city; it tips me off regarding new restaurants and good...

I’ve been tweeting occasionally in disgust over the way the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church has been responding to the “Pussy...

A friend writes: I have run across the following issue a lot recently: the blaming of Christianity (and belief in God generally) for all...

The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...

(NOTE: I’m writing today from Greece and there are terrible internet connections here–among other difficulties.  So I’ve removed what...

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled on the matter of education about ethics and religion in Quebec Catholic schools. The course...