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The Office of Religious Freedom

Winter Issue

Policy in Public - The Office of Religious Freedom
The federal government announced this past spring that it would open an Office of Religious Freedom. This issue of Cardus Policy in Public brings together some of the best thinkers and practitioners on religious freedom in North America to give context, advice and encouragement as the office goes online in the coming days.

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Editorial

The Struggle for Canada's Soul

By Robert Joustra

The Office of Religious Freedom has a Herculean task ahead when it comes online this month: to define and operationalize religious freedom in Canadian...

Feature

How and Why to Support Religion Overseas

By Scott Thomas

Something is going on that is more complex regarding meaning, authenticity, social change, and development that cannot be explained away by right-wing...

Feature

Advice for the Canadian Office of Religious Freedom

By Dennis Hoover

The creation of a Canadian Office of Religious Freedom is good news for a complex array of reasons, but the most important reason is simple: religious...

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Bringing Religious Freedom Back into American Religious Freedom Policy

By Thomas F. Farr

In 1998 the United States of America adopted the Office of Religious Freedom, a parallel process on which Canada is now embarking. In this article I argue...

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Why Religious Freedom Must be a Top Priority

By Paul Marshall

Religious freedom is important not only in its own right but is also central to other human goods: it correlates with civil liberties, political liberties,...

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Putting the Canadian Office of Religious Freedom in Context

By Janet Epp Buckingham

Despite its strong commitment for protection and promotion of human rights, Canada's foreign affairs department has long had a spotty record regarding...

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Canadian Evangelicals and Religious Freedom

By John G. Stackhouse Jr.

Evangelicals in Canada are confused and conflicted when it comes to religious freedom. Then again, Canadians in general are confused and conflicted about...

Book Review

Century for Sale

By Robert Joustra

In June, at the University of Toronto's Munk Debates, Henry Kissinger and Niall Ferguson debated whether the 21st century would belong to China. Henry Luce,...

Think Tank Index

Religious Freedom Index

In the wake of September 11, 2011 an enormous canon on religion, policy-making and international relations emerged. In this winter’s index, Cardus Policy...

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