Ray Pennings is Executive Vice President of Cardus, working out of our Calgary office, where he lives with his wife Kathy and son, Chris.
Ray brings a host of skills to Cardus, being one of Canada's top authorities in industrial relations, as well as public policy, political activism and political affairs generally. He has headed several of Cardus' largest research projects over the years, including Buying a Labour Monopoly: An Examination of Job Targeting Programs and their Operation in the Canadian Construction Sector" (1998), "Competitively Working in Tomorrow's Construction" (2003), "Working Mobile: A Study of Labour Mobility in Canada's Industrial Construction Sector" (2005), "Working Local" (2008), and the Cardus Education Survey (2011).
Ray is a recognized political activist, having held senior positions on campaign teams in municipal, provincial, and federal politics. He can often be found making presentations on Parliament Hill, contributing to newspapers and periodicals across Canada and regularly guest appearing on political talk shows.
Ray did his under-graduate at McMaster University and holds a Masters of Arts in Religion from Puritan Theological Seminary. He is one of the world's leading authorities on "applied Calvinism" and the theology of Puritan and Calvinist groups in politics and civil society. His publications include Church and Caesar: A Legal Primer for Office-Bearers (2008), several chapters in Living for God's Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism (2008), and "Calvin the Revolutionary" in Calvin: Theologian and Reformer.
Expertise
- Industrial relations and labour negotiations;
- Reformed thought and theology;
- twentieth century (neo)Calvinism
Education
- B.A., History (McMaster University)
- M.A., Religion (Puritan Theological Seminary)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Founding President, Worldwide Christian Schools
- Preaching Elder, Free Reformed Church
- Chair of Board of Governors, Redeemer University College
- Director of Founding Board of Paidea Center for Public Theology
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