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...
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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...
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"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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Christians and the Public Good
Can Christian organizations insist that their employees believe Christian doctrines and practice Christian ethics? Not as often as they...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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