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From Multiculturalism to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

John Stackhouse

4 min read

From Multiculturalism to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Multiculturalism was pronounced dead a decade ago. Say the word “diversity,” however, and little explosions detonate in everyone's mind.

Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict

John Stackhouse

3 min read

ETHICS

Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict

The Coalition Avenir Québec continues its remarkable record of concentrating power in the provincial government on behalf of its pure...

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

John Stackhouse

19 min read

EVANGELICALISM

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec

Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges

John Stackhouse

5 min read

ETHICS

Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges

The Baby Boomers strike again. This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal—the highest-level court in the country to consider a case of...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

THEOLOGY

Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?

The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...

Reasonable Accommodation Is a Two-Way Street

John Stackhouse

3 min read

ETHICS

Reasonable Accommodation Is a Two-Way Street

There’s a lot to dislike in the Quebecois government’s recent bill that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

MULTICULTURALISM

Learning from Rwanda

This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre in Rwanda, a quarter-century since 800,000 people died at the hands of their...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

ETHICS

Is Yoga Dangerous?

Still, is yoga in public schools something Canadian Christians should protest? Should anyone? Should everyone? It depends.

John Stackhouse

20 min read

CURRENT EVENTS

Is Canada a Secular State?

Some have asked about getting hold of a hard-to-obtain article of mine: “Of Course Canada Is a ‘Secular’ State—Just not Secularist and...

Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust

John Stackhouse

4 min read

ETHICS

Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust

The word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...

The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation

John Stackhouse

3 min read

ETHICS

The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation

It seems like a headline from The Onion, the American satirical website that daily tests our credulity, but it’s real: “U.K. student...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

CURRENT EVENTS

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

4 min read

CHURCH

Dangerous Dreaming

Religion doesn’t matter. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter much in Canada. Canada’s cultural magazine, The Walrus, devoted its June...

Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School

John Stackhouse

4 min read

EDUCATION

Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School

No political issue in Canadian history has been more important, contentious, and complex than schooling, and particularly the question of...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

ETHICS

Are Christians in Exile? Not Yet

The end of the school year nears. The disastrous decision by the Prime Minister to attach the Canada Summer Jobs program to his personal...

Will Canadian Christians Have to Stop Practicing Medicine?

John Stackhouse

4 min read

ETHICS

Will Canadian Christians Have to Stop Practicing Medicine?

I admit that the title of this column seems clickbait-y. But it is among the serious questions being asked in the wake of the recent...

Why Dig in? Clues to the Liberals’ Stubbornness over the Summer Jobs Program

John Stackhouse

4 min read

ETHICS

Why Dig in? Clues to the Liberals’ Stubbornness over the Summer Jobs Program

There’s a lot not to like about the Summer Jobs Program fiasco. The Liberal government’s insistence that employers conform with its...

Religious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?

John Stackhouse

3 min read

PUBLIC LIFE

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

4 min read

ETHICS

Liberals Acting Illiberally

The Liberal government of Canada recently announced new terms for the Canada Summer Jobs program (CSJ), and they are alarming. Along with...

The Governor-General and Good Government

John Stackhouse

3 min read

SCIENCE

The Governor-General and Good Government

The furore continues over Governor-General Julie Payette’s attempt to solve several outstanding problems in one speech. She’s only one...

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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!