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Beware the Politicians Crying, “Hijab! Hijab!”

This past week Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull proposed to lengthen the pathway to citizenship in his country while also...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

Fighting Our Phobias

While the U. S. President continues to wrestle with the American judiciary over whether people wanting to enter the United States can and...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

The New Refugees Scare Me Too

[This is another post lightly adapted from one originally written for my blog, “On Second Thought,” offered on the website for “Context...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

Neither Severity nor Sentimentality: Responding Well to Terror

The following is another contribution to my weblog, called “On Second Thought,” originally published via Context with Lorna Dueck....

John Stackhouse

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MISSION

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

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MULTICULTURALISM

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

Prof. Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College, Illinois, made news when she said she would wear a headscarf (or hijab) through Advent in...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

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

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MULTICULTURALISM

Another Way Terrorists Win

Bernard Drainville, the Parti Québecois cabinet minister responsible for the controversial Values Charter now before the National...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

The Anti-Islamic Movie and Cartoons: Let’s Not Defend Literary Litter

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

John Stackhouse

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APOLOGETICS

Christianity the Worst Source of Evil?

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

John Stackhouse

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GOOD BOOKS

David Martin's Newest Book: For Your Summer Study Break

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

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

Defining God

In a lovely note from someone in a recent audience of mine, two questions were raised. I thought you might like to read how I...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

"Shariah: The Threat to America": A Commendable Worry Badly Addressed

The Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., recently released a report called Shariah: The Threat to America that sounds the...

John Stackhouse

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CIVILITY

Ground Zero Mosque, Part Two

Part of what motivates people to oppose a mosque at Ground Zero is worry that any form of Islam, except perhaps the most liberal,...

John Stackhouse

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CIVILITY

Ground Zero Mosque: It's a Simple Question

Controversy continues to rage over whether moderate Muslims should build, and should be allowed to build, a mosque or a community centre...

John Stackhouse

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APOLOGETICS

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...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

Jesus, Muhammad, a Sudanese Teddy Bear, Irshad Manji, and Me

Irshad Manji, a Canadian activist who cajoles and confronts her fellow Muslims from the theological left of Islam, recently asked some of...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

MULTICULTURALISM

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...

John Stackhouse

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MEDIA

Overstepping? Evangelical Leaders and a Palestinian State

A number of American evangelical leaders, among whom I count several friends, recently wrote an open letter to President Bush urging a...

John Stackhouse

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FAITH

Both Christian and Muslim? Sort of…

The Seattle Times reports that Rev. Dr. Ann Holmes Reading, an Episcopal priest, has announced that she has been a Muslim for the last...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!