Cardus Comment Feed http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:12:33 -0500 Cardus Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:12:33 -0500 Reviews & Opinions - Sustainability Beyond Politics http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3063 In an ideal world, sustainability would be just a part of doing business in a market economy. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 In an ideal world, sustainability would be just a part of doing business in a market economy. Reviews & Opinions - The Devil Plays Catan http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3061 A game can be a fecund womb through which habitual evil is birthed. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A game can be a fecund womb through which habitual evil is birthed. Reviews & Opinions - One Story to Rule Them All: Is there such a thing as a monoculture? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3042 It may be possible to out-narrate economism, to keep it from encroaching on family, religion, and our deepest pursuits of the human condition. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 It may be possible to out-narrate economism, to keep it from encroaching on family, religion, and our deepest pursuits of the human condition. Reviews & Opinions - Choose your heroes carefully http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3041 Is business the only game in life worth winning? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Is business the only game in life worth winning? Reviews & Opinions - Life-Long Learners 13.0 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3039 Thirteenth in an expert series on must-read books. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thirteenth in an expert series on must-read books. Reviews & Opinions - Right Diagnosis—Wrong Cure http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3038 John Piper offers a trenchant case for why Christians should be committed to racial reconciliation—but he badly misses the mark on how. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 John Piper offers a trenchant case for why Christians should be committed to racial reconciliation—but he badly misses the mark on how. Reviews & Opinions - The Cube Reconsidered http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3034 A photographic tribute to the lowly cubicle. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A photographic tribute to the lowly cubicle. Reviews & Opinions - Sweet Spots in the Faith-Political Interface http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3033 This is the sweet spot-the messy, incremental, critical reality of public dialogue. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 This is the sweet spot-the messy, incremental, critical reality of public dialogue. Reviews & Opinions - Still-Christmas: A Case for a Bonus-Track Holiday http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3030 Christmas: worth celebrating a while longer. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Christmas: worth celebrating a while longer. Reviews & Opinions - Confronting the Challenge of Xenophobia http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3029 For Europeans, xenophobia is an appalling plight that presents a brilliant opportunity for the European church: to be a relevant, leading voice in postmodern Europe. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 For Europeans, xenophobia is an appalling plight that presents a brilliant opportunity for the European church: to be a relevant, leading voice in postmodern Europe. Reviews & Opinions - The Postpartum Transformation http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3022 Up All Night is at its best when it is focused on this postpartum transformation: from our carefully cultivated identities before children to the reality that we are actually just managing intrusive chaos. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Up All Night is at its best when it is focused on this postpartum transformation: from our carefully cultivated identities before children to the reality that we are actually just managing intrusive chaos. Reviews & Opinions - Literacy Matters—In Church http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3025 Why churches have important roles to play as literacy sponsors for teens. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Why churches have important roles to play as literacy sponsors for teens. Reviews & Opinions - Life-Long Learners 12.0 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3023 Twelfth in an expert series of must-read books. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Twelfth in an expert series of must-read books. Reviews & Opinions - God(s): A User's Guide http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3021 The exhibit rightly conveys that religion takes practice, not merely observation. But does it "use" God towards other ends—human sociality, the aesthetics of ritual, inexhaustible discourse? Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The exhibit rightly conveys that religion takes practice, not merely observation. But does it "use" God towards other ends—human sociality, the aesthetics of ritual, inexhaustible discourse? Reviews & Opinions - Graduate Education, Soulcraft, and the Formation Nexus http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3019 Too many graduate programs are designed according to an information paradigm and not a formation paradigm. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Too many graduate programs are designed according to an information paradigm and not a formation paradigm. Reviews & Opinions - The Marginalization of Evangelical Scholarship (Among Evangelicals) http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3017 Not since the nineteenth century has evangelicalism reached such a large academic audience. Despite this growing influence, there is one place where Christian scholarship has often failed to penetrate: the evangelical grassroots. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Not since the nineteenth century has evangelicalism reached such a large academic audience. Despite this growing influence, there is one place where Christian scholarship has often failed to penetrate: the evangelical grassroots. Reviews & Opinions - The Christian in South Africa http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3013 Is South Africa hostile toward Christianity in the public square? Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Is South Africa hostile toward Christianity in the public square? Reviews & Opinions - The Masterful Illusion of "Ethical Oil" http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3012 Is the "ethical oil" approach a healthy way of tackling the oil sands—and should Christians feel comfortable using this approach? Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Is the "ethical oil" approach a healthy way of tackling the oil sands—and should Christians feel comfortable using this approach? Reviews & Opinions - A Poet's Evolution http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3009 Johnston's purpose is to explore the tension between the subjective and the objective, to keep these two realms of experience in balance. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Johnston's purpose is to explore the tension between the subjective and the objective, to keep these two realms of experience in balance. Reviews & Opinions - Surprised by the Spirit http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3001 How might an openness to the Spirit's work in the entirety of the created order lead us to have eyes that look for surprising and unpredictable developments in cultural and political realms? Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 How might an openness to the Spirit's work in the entirety of the created order lead us to have eyes that look for surprising and unpredictable developments in cultural and political realms?