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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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Invocations at Secular Events

A friend writes: I have been asked to say grace at our company’s anniversary dinner. It is a secular Canadian company. The people who...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

Christians and Higher Education

This seems to be my week for opining on Christians and higher education. This article, published as a column in Canada’s leading journal...

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

"Happy Holidays" Instead of "Merry Christmas"?

Yes, I generally (not always, but mostly) wish people “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry Christmas” this time of year. Here, on the...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

MULTICULTURALISM

The Manhattan Declaration: A Waste of Everybody's Time?

Friends and students have asked what I think about The Manhattan Declaration. Not all friends or students have asked, to be sure! Indeed,...

John Stackhouse

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APOLOGETICS

Taking the Cross Out of the Classroom

Here‘s my most recent contribution to the National Post’s religion blog: I’m defending the recent European Court’s direction to the...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

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...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

EDUCATION

What (Public) Good Is a Christian University? Answer #2: Teaching

When we turn to teaching, several public goods come into view. Let’s begin with something pretty basic. The Christian university...

John Stackhouse

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EDUCATION

What (Public) Good Is a Christian University? Answer #1: Research

Let us begin with the research function of the university, and in my next post, I’ll turn to teaching. The Christian university...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

Christians and the Public Good

Can Christian organizations insist that their employees believe Christian doctrines and practice Christian ethics? Not as often as they...

John Stackhouse

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MULTICULTURALISM

This Week at Regent and UBC

For those of you in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and particularly in the Vancouver area, here are a couple of events this...

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

Gilles Duceppe, Opus Dei, and the Ghost of Old Quebec

Gilles Duceppe, head of the Bloc Québecois (the separatist party in the Canadian province of Quebec), is fuming that Nicole Charbonneau...

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

4 min read

MULTICULTURALISM

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...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

EDUCATION

Christian Groups in High Schools: Good Boundaries Make Good Neighbours

Recently, a friend wrote about a problem at the high school he serves as a teacher. Apparently, a staff worker with a well-known...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

CHURCH

Coercion? Or Church Discipline? Jehovah's Witnesses, Blood Transfusions, and the Sovereign Indi

The British Columbia Supreme Court has been deliberating over whether the parents of sextuplets can refuse blood transfusions for their...

John Stackhouse

2 min read

MULTICULTURALISM

My Favourite Muslim: Irshad Manji

If you don’t know about Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today, then you probably should. Her website is here. Irshad is a...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

EDUCATION

Liberal Fascists (Still) on Campus?

When I was a student at Queen’s University in the late 1970s, I attended precisely one meeting of the student government there–the Alma...

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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!