Why I’m Not Cheering the “Loyola” Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court of Canada has now decided, albeit in an almost even split vote, the case of Loyola High School, a private Jesuit school...
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What's wrong? How did we get here? What shall we do?
JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
Canada’s Cultural Future: A Conference
I look forward to helping kick off a major conference here in Vancouver less than a fortnight from now. “Our Whole Society” doesn’t sound...
Not “Secular” in Quebec, but SecularIST
The Parti Québecois’s now-notorious “Values Charter” has received its proper share of ignominy, albeit rather belatedly. The thing was a...
Sectarians/Imperialists–or Citizens? More on the Quebec "Ethics and Religious Culture&quo
Given that people I normally agree with–such as the good folks over at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and at the Canadian Council...
A Couple of Articles in Recent Books
In case you missed them, Oxford University Press published a couple of hefty handbooks to which your servant contributed chapters. The...
Of Course Religion Should Be Taught in Public Schools
The recent controversies in Quebec about the government there requiring a course on ethics and religious culture to be taken by every...
More Video: Stanford Multi-Faith Seminar 2010
Two events in which your servant was involved are now available for video (and audio) consumption. The first is a threefold presentation...
"All Religions Are the Same…" (except Where They're Not)
It was my privilege to participate in an event at Stanford University last weekend that featured a Muslim apologist (Jihad Turk), a Hindu...
Two More Posts Elsewhere
Yet another post for the National Post, this one reflecting on the recent Maclean’s article suggesting Canadians are racists. (I have to...
"Holy Post" in the National Post
I’ll interrupt this sequence on Christian universities to gesture toward a new initiative of one of Canada’s national newspapers, the...
"Zeitgeist the Movie": The New "Chariots of the Gods"
One of the greatest thrills of my boyhood was happening to turn on the TV one day to find that a major corporation was about to present a...
The Shack 3: Theological Concerns (Part 2)
Let’s pick up where we left off, so . . . Fourth, The Shack skims briefly over the surface of theology of religions, raising the question...
Why I Signed the Yale Response to "A Common Word"
Over the last few weeks, various Christians have contacted me because they are troubled over encountering my name amidst dozens of other...
Why John Tory Is Right–and Wrong–about Religious Schools
The great province of Ontario, Canada’s richest and most populous, is in the throes of an election. As many Canadians know, one of the...
Effective Apologetics: Buildings, Guides, and Sandwiches
During our recent roadtrip in the northwestern and north-central United States, we made a point of stopping to visit Temple Square in...
Terminology Time: What Is an "Inclusivist"?
A friend recently read my piece mentioned below, “A Bigger–and Smaller–View of Mission,” and asked this good question: “You say you are...