John Stackhouse
4 min
From Multiculturalism to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Multiculturalism was pronounced dead a decade ago. Say the word “diversity,” however, and little explosions detonate in everyone's mind.
John Stackhouse
3 min
Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict
The Coalition Avenir Québec continues its remarkable record of concentrating power in the provincial government on behalf of its pure...
John Stackhouse
19 min
Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues
how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec
John Stackhouse
5 min
Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges
The Baby Boomers strike again. This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal—the highest-level court in the country to consider a case of...
John Stackhouse
3 min
Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?
The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...
John Stackhouse
3 min
Reasonable Accommodation Is a Two-Way Street
There’s a lot to dislike in the Quebecois government’s recent bill that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public...
John Stackhouse
3 min
Learning from Rwanda
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre in Rwanda, a quarter-century since 800,000 people died at the hands of their...
John Stackhouse
4 min
Is Yoga Dangerous?
Still, is yoga in public schools something Canadian Christians should protest? Should anyone? Should everyone?
It depends.
John Stackhouse
20 min
Is Canada a Secular State?
Some have asked about getting hold of a hard-to-obtain article of mine: “Of Course Canada Is a ‘Secular’ State—Just not Secularist and...
John Stackhouse
4 min
Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust
The word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...
John Stackhouse
3 min
The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation
It seems like a headline from The Onion, the American satirical website that daily tests our credulity, but it’s real: “U.K. student...
John Stackhouse
4 min
Troubled in Toronto?
Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...
John Stackhouse
4 min
Dangerous Dreaming
Religion doesn’t matter. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter much in Canada. Canada’s cultural magazine, The Walrus, devoted its June...