John Stackhouse
5 min read
Allah and Yhwh…and Tash and Aslan
Just a little more on this issue of “Which God is which?” As I implied at the end of my previous post, but now will say explicitly: I...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Evangelicals and the Canadian Election
Just finished talking about the election on Monday with friends Angus Reid and Janet Epp Buckingham on Drew Marshall‘s radio show. A few...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Stephen Harper Isn’t Evangelical ENOUGH
Opponents of the Prime Minister sometimes link him with a spooky, sinister Religious Right that is quietly scheming to turn secular,...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
On Forbearance and Listening
My wife once brought me up short, years ago, by suggesting that a man telling women to calm down when they wanted to express their pain...
John Stackhouse
6 min read
I am Bernie Sanders
Well, I’m not exactly the same as Bernie Sanders, I suppose. He’s a US Senator, and I’m a Canadian scholar. He’s Jewish, and I’m...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Grabbing the Microphone Is a Violent Act…
…and therefore should be considered as such when it comes to the ethics of “direct action” in activism. Some of us are discussing the...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Top 10 Reasons Pastors Should Avoid Politics
National Public Radio, among many other sources, features news of hundreds of American pastors attending workshops to learn how better to...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
On Trusting God Rather than Freaking Out
I’ve been enjoying teaching the basic concepts of my book Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World to students gathered...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
The Saguenay Case: Another Vestige of Christendom
The Supreme Court of Canada is due to release its judgment on the Saguenay case. And, alas, once again I find myself opposing friends and...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
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...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
News We’d Like to See
Law Society Approves New Religious Law School by Irshad Chan-McCoy, Diversity Editor (TORONTO) (OF COURSE) To the surprise of many...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Holding One’s Nose to Defend Charlie Hebdo
“Secular society” does not mean that nothing is sacred. The common good is sacred. The welfare of society is sacred. And by “sacred” in...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Ruth Padilla DeBorst at Regent This Summer
Please consider enrolling in one or both of the two courses we’re featuring this summer by Ruth Padilla DeBorst, a leading theological...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Justin Trudeau, Rob Ford Linked to PMO
(OTTAWA) — Sources close to the office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed today that Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
What Can You Do?
I recently returned from speaking to a warm and appreciative group of teachers in Edmonton, Alberta. And I was moved by one teacher’s...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
What Is a University for?
According to University Affairs, a Canadian university professor recently worked with a student who asked that he be allowed to withdraw...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
The Loathsome Quebec Charter Is Still in Process…
Like a monster from a nightmare, Quebec’s proposed Values Charter lurches forward toward law in that deeply divided province. (So much...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Another Way Terrorists Win
Bernard Drainville, the Parti Québecois cabinet minister responsible for the controversial Values Charter now before the National...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Pushing Back Quebec Secularism
The Parti Québecois unleashed its disgusting Charter in the National Assembly and dared the opposition parties to, well, oppose it,...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
“Occupy ___” . . . Two Years Later
It’s just about two years ago that the Occupy movement occupied the grounds of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, moving me to write a long...