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As the Senate scandal continues to bubble away, the debates in Quebec over the limits of faith in public and euthanasia spill into the rest of the country, and Rob Ford continues, well, being Rob Ford, Christians (and others) enter…Read More→
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How do we think scripturally about contemporary issues facing not only the Canadian Church, but all of Canada? How can Christians make positive contributions to the common good from our relatively new position on the social margins? And how does…Read More→
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Biblicism. It’s a word that historian David Bebbington uses to sum up evangelical conviction that the Bible is a book that is neither locked in the past nor limited to the confines of private spirituality. Biblicism points to the conviction…Read More→
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The common reaction seemed to be surprise when Pope Benedict XVI announced February 11 that he was stepping down because he felt he could no longer fulfill the demands expected of the Bishop of Rome. He will be the first…Read More→
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How now shall we live together? Though he nowhere poses it, this is the question that renowned sociologist of religion, Peter L. Berger, convened a number of contributors to discuss in his book Between Relativism and Fundamentalism: Religious Resources For…Read More→
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Heavenly Participation is the latest offering from the J. I. Packer Chair in Theology at Regent College, Hans Boersma. A more popular version of his technical work, Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (Oxford University Press, 2009),…Read More→
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It is rare that a book about medieval history can keep the attention of any apart from scholars or, perhaps, live-role-play gamers. But this is just such a book. Holy Bones, Holy Dust, the latest offering from award-winning author Charles…Read More→
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Since 9/11, many North American and Western Christians have become aware that Christian involvement in politics is both necessary and complicated. As a result, in our seminaries, we have seen a return to the sources of Christian political thought, especially…Read More→
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I received my copy of In Spirit and in Truth on the same weekend as I received news that The Episcopal Church (the Anglican Church in the United States) will consecrate to the episcopate yet another openly practising homosexual, this…Read More→