John Stackhouse
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On Behalf of Diversity in Academic Hiring: Part One
My recent post on “International Women’s Day” prompted a spirited exchange about affirmative action and prioritizing of diversity (not...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
International Women's Day: Who Needs It?
Let’s be honest: Aren’t we all just fed up with women moaning about how they’re not treated properly, how they’re still victims, how they...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
And Now for Something Completely Different: A Moderate Voice on Abortion
I’m both a feminist and a prolife advocate, and I mourn the almost total loss of the early linkage between those two movements (e.g.,...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Another Occasion to Be Glad to Be Protestant, Alas
The non-story of the week in religion was the Vatican’s announcement that anyone involved in the ordination of a woman to the priesthood...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Does the Trinity Prove Anything about Gender? Not Much
Amid all the arguments among Christians regarding the roles of men and women in home, church, and society, one of the most prominent...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Jesus, I'm NOT in Love with You
One of the blights upon the hymnological landscape today is the continued presence of what we can fairly call the “love song to Jesus”...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
In the Anglican Church, Race Matters…Not Doctrine
I normally stay away from commenting on the convulsions of the Anglican Communion, whether here in the Diocese of New Westminster, whose...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Belligerent, Bullying Believers: Spite, not the Spirit
Recently, the polymathic Susan Wise Bauer wrote generously about my book, Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender...