John Stackhouse
3 min read
Best Year Ever? Yes! And also…No
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has gotten a lot of attention recently for declaring that “This Has Been the Best Year Ever.”...
John Stackhouse
18 min read
Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"
What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.
John Stackhouse
4 min read
In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering
[This was originally posted in April 2019] What’s the real story of the Sri Lankan bombings? Is it that Christians are being persecuted...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Troubled in Toronto?
Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Religious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?
The recent shooting in a Quebec City mosque has prompted shocked Canadians to wonder whether we will see more religiously motivated...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Face Coverings in Public? Civil Rights Aren’t Enough
A few times now I have criticized the public regulation of face coverings such as has been imposed this week by the Quebec government:...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
I Don’t Like Niqabs and Burqas — but They Should Be Legal
Just as Quebec has outlawed the public wearing of face coverings, those laid-back, liberal-libertine Scandinavians have found a similar...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Polygamy: Forbidden Once Again—but for How Much Longer?
My friend and “Context” colleague Lorna Dueck recently set out an eloquent case against the legalization of polygamy in Canada on the...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Should Muslims Pray in School? Should Muslims Even Go to School?
Canadian society faced another challenge this past month as a school district in suburban Toronto wrestled with the accommodation of...
John Stackhouse
27 min read
Stackhouse on Volf on “Public Faith”
Good friend Miroslav Volf published a fine book a couple of years ago on A Public Faith. The journal Political Theology has released a...