http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:33 -0500 Cardus Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:33 -0500 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. 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. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/106/ Christian Week covers the Cardus education survey. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Christian Week covers the Cardus education survey. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3059/ Military intervention today appeals to the soul, but not to the senses. This doesn’t mean ignoring a slaughter, but it does mean working prudently, multi-laterally and - especially - indigenously to support, not manufacture, a united cause of Syrian freedom. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Military intervention today appeals to the soul, but not to the senses. This doesn’t mean ignoring a slaughter, but it does mean working prudently, multi-laterally and - especially - indigenously to support, not manufacture, a united cause of Syrian freedom. 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. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3058/ Idealist and wrong-headed as it may seem, a public justice approach must hold out for the possibility of restoring Iran to the regional community. Non-proliferation cannot be dropped from 30,000 feet in the postmodern world. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Idealist and wrong-headed as it may seem, a public justice approach must hold out for the possibility of restoring Iran to the regional community. Non-proliferation cannot be dropped from 30,000 feet in the postmodern world. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/107/ Mark Forsythe of CBC Vancouver's B.C. Almanac plays a pre-recorded conversation with Cardus Director of Research Ray Pennings, on the declining civic core of volunteers. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Mark Forsythe of CBC Vancouver's B.C. Almanac plays a pre-recorded conversation with Cardus Director of Research Ray Pennings, on the declining civic core of volunteers. 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? 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. 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. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/105/ On January 17, Cardus renewed the fight for a new charitable tax proposal. We made a submission to the Canadian federal government's Standing Committee on Finance. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 On January 17, Cardus renewed the fight for a new charitable tax proposal. We made a submission to the Canadian federal government's Standing Committee on Finance. 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 supposed by liberal legal and political theorists to be essential foundations of liberal democracy: the principle of state ‘neutrality’ towards religion; and the principle that public reasoning must be ‘secular’. While the first principle is defensible, the second principle is invalid and illiberal, and proposes a conception of public reasoning that permits, indeed positively encourages, the invocation of religiously based reasoning in ‘representative’ political speech." 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 supposed by liberal legal and political theorists to be essential foundations of liberal democracy: the principle of state ‘neutrality’ towards religion; and the principle that public reasoning must be ‘secular’. While the first principle is defensible, the second principle is invalid and illiberal, and proposes a conception of public reasoning that permits, indeed positively encourages, the invocation of religiously based reasoning in ‘representative’ political speech." http://www.cardus.ca/lexview/article/3037/ In late November, the B.C. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Canada's criminal prohibitions on polygamy. In his 300-page landmark decision, Chief Justice Robert Bauman concluded that any infringement of religious freedom flowing from the law against polygamy is justified by the intrinsic harm the practice causes to the individuals involved—and to Canadian society as a whole. Yet after a meticulous analysis of the ruling, LexView writer Kevin Boonstra warns that though the chief justice got it right on the harms of polygamy, he might have placed religious freedom itself in serious and unacceptable jeopardy. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 In late November, the B.C. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Canada's criminal prohibitions on polygamy. In his 300-page landmark decision, Chief Justice Robert Bauman concluded that any infringement of religious freedom flowing from the law against polygamy is justified by the intrinsic harm the practice causes to the individuals involved—and to Canadian society as a whole. Yet after a meticulous analysis of the ruling, LexView writer Kevin Boonstra warns that though the chief justice got it right on the harms of polygamy, he might have placed religious freedom itself in serious and unacceptable jeopardy. 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. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/104/ Cardus research in the Ottawa Citizen: In a policy paper published in 2009, the Cardus Centre — a think tank “dedicated to the renewal of North American social architecture” — noted the Canadian civic sector “can no longer be taken for granted.” Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Cardus research in the Ottawa Citizen: In a policy paper published in 2009, the Cardus Centre — a think tank “dedicated to the renewal of North American social architecture” — noted the Canadian civic sector “can no longer be taken for granted.” 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. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/3031/ Many Canadians began 2012 with their New Year’s resolutions at the top of their minds. Faith Exchange panelists at the Globe and Mail, including our own Peter Stockland, convened to discuss the religious take on new beginnings. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Many Canadians began 2012 with their New Year’s resolutions at the top of their minds. Faith Exchange panelists at the Globe and Mail, including our own Peter Stockland, convened to discuss the religious take on new beginnings. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/103/ Pennings quoted in the Toronto Sun, "Let’s let religion out of the closet" Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Pennings quoted in the Toronto Sun, "Let’s let religion out of the closet" 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. 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.