Cardus Contributor - Jonathan Chaplin http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/jchaplin en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:56:46 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:56:46 -0400 The problem with Julian Baggini's secular state http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3156/ Many religious citizens will be grateful to Baggini for marking out some promising shared ground, but the devil is in the detail.... Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Many religious citizens will be grateful to Baggini for marking out some promising shared ground, but the devil is in the detail.... Law, Religion and Public Reasoning http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3035/ Senior Fellow Jonathan Chaplin writes, "a forceful recent opinion on law and religion by Lord Justice Laws in a religious discrimination case has drawn renewed attention to two principles often suppos... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Senior Fellow Jonathan Chaplin writes, "a forceful recent opinion on law and religion by Lord Justice Laws in a religious discrimination case has drawn renewed attention to two principles often suppos... Julian Baggini's articles of faith are a nonstarter http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3007/ Religious believers are in debt to Julian Baggini for his refreshingly open-minded series seeking to establish common discursive ground between them and atheists.... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Religious believers are in debt to Julian Baggini for his refreshingly open-minded series seeking to establish common discursive ground between them and atheists.... Loving Faithful Institutions: Building Blocks of a Just Global Society http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2904/ Postmodern Christians won't get very far in transforming society until they learn to love institutions again.... Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Postmodern Christians won't get very far in transforming society until they learn to love institutions again.... Why a "Just Society" must also be a "Big Society" http://www.cardus.ca/policy/article/2812/ Honouring the core insights in both “Social Justice” and the “Big Society” requires affirming simultaneously the norms of social equality and differentiated responsibility. We must get beyond ... Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Honouring the core insights in both “Social Justice” and the “Big Society” requires affirming simultaneously the norms of social equality and differentiated responsibility. We must get beyond ... Football needs a theology of liberation http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2797/ The beautiful game is just that: it's not a matter of life and death. And it urgently needs to escape from the clutches of a corrupting religion of global financial capitalism.... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 The beautiful game is just that: it's not a matter of life and death. And it urgently needs to escape from the clutches of a corrupting religion of global financial capitalism.... Was the Osama bin Laden killing an act of just war? http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2777/ To properly judge whether the operation against Bin Laden was simply vigilantism it must be tested against specific criteria.... Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 To properly judge whether the operation against Bin Laden was simply vigilantism it must be tested against specific criteria.... Religion, royalty and the media http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2764/ The royal wedding was a religious ceremony. Why won't the media face up to this fact? Why won't the Church of England?... Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400 The royal wedding was a religious ceremony. Why won't the media face up to this fact? Why won't the Church of England?... Will there ever be a US president who doesn't do God? http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2513/ So much for Barack Obama the social liberal: it seems he, too, refers his decisions to the Almighty... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 So much for Barack Obama the social liberal: it seems he, too, refers his decisions to the Almighty... Law can be influenced by religion http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2479/ Judges should rely on Locke's more limited and better-established principle of the limits of what the state can know. That principle won't in itself resolve any future equality rights cases, but it wi... Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Judges should rely on Locke's more limited and better-established principle of the limits of what the state can know. That principle won't in itself resolve any future equality rights cases, but it wi... Jonathan Chaplin on God and Government http://www.cardus.ca/think/2452/ Jonathan Chaplin discusses three themes: government being ordained by God to establish justice, government being limited by law and other social institutions, and government being representative of it... Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Jonathan Chaplin discusses three themes: government being ordained by God to establish justice, government being limited by law and other social institutions, and government being representative of it... Coalitions, Cuts, and Compromises: The U.K. Government Six Months On http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2436/ This unlikely survival bears lessons for the functioning of democracies generally.... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 This unlikely survival bears lessons for the functioning of democracies generally.... Sphere Sovereignty and Canadian Public Life http://www.cardus.ca/policy/article/2370/ The principle of sphere sovereignty is the most familiar and most influential idea associated with the neocalvinist social movement that emerged in the Netherlands in the nineteenth and early twent... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The principle of sphere sovereignty is the most familiar and most influential idea associated with the neocalvinist social movement that emerged in the Netherlands in the nineteenth and early twent... A response to the 'secularist manifesto' http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2215/ Evan Harris voiced some legitimate objectives but undermines his professed support for the right to manifest religious belief.... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Evan Harris voiced some legitimate objectives but undermines his professed support for the right to manifest religious belief.... Beyond Liberal Restraint http://www.cardus.ca/think/2066/ This lecture is part of the archive files from the Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal. ... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 This lecture is part of the archive files from the Cardus Centre for Cultural Renewal. ... "From Big State to Big Society": Is British Conservatism becoming Christian Democratic? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2062/ We could be on the cusp of something truly transformative in Christian political engagement.... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 We could be on the cusp of something truly transformative in Christian political engagement.... The statecraft of the UK coalition government http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2051/ The laudable goal of restoring proper responsibility to individuals and to a range of public and nonpublic institutions is not the same as simply “shrinking the state.” It requires the establishme... Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The laudable goal of restoring proper responsibility to individuals and to a range of public and nonpublic institutions is not the same as simply “shrinking the state.” It requires the establishme... Bipartisanship 101, UK Style http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1994/ Those who argue that cross-party cooperation is alien to our system are just plain wrong. If a new dawn of bipartisanship is rising, it will be an evolution out of current practice not a radical break... Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Those who argue that cross-party cooperation is alien to our system are just plain wrong. If a new dawn of bipartisanship is rising, it will be an evolution out of current practice not a radical break... Loving Faithful Institutions: Building Blocks of a Just Global Society http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1974/ Many Christians who have been understandably, and often rightly, drawn to postmodern ways of thinking need to learn to love institutions again, and they won’t get very far in transforming society u... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Many Christians who have been understandably, and often rightly, drawn to postmodern ways of thinking need to learn to love institutions again, and they won’t get very far in transforming society u... There's more to faith than sex http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1582/ The fight over the freedom of faith schools to teach according to their own values should cover much more than sex education... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The fight over the freedom of faith schools to teach according to their own values should cover much more than sex education...