http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:03:59 -0500 Cardus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:03:59 -0500 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/3082/ Plantinga's mature reflection on science and religion contends that Christianity, not Naturalism, has a foundation, which has led to the flourishing of science. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Plantinga's mature reflection on science and religion contends that Christianity, not Naturalism, has a foundation, which has led to the flourishing of science. 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’.... 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’.... 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/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/organization/news/101/ The launch of the office of religious freedom is being met with criticism because of a seeming lack of diversity. Michael Coren and Cardus Senior Fellow Peter Stockland take a closer look. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The launch of the office of religious freedom is being met with criticism because of a seeming lack of diversity. Michael Coren and Cardus Senior Fellow Peter Stockland take a closer look. 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. 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. http://www.cardus.ca/research//publications/ The Old Testament is full of much which is confusing, violent, and ambiguous. We asked Ryan O'Dowd, lecturer at Cornell University and author of Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction, to introduce and curate a series of articles on how and why we should read the Old Testament for public life today. —Comment editors, Fall 2011 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The Old Testament is full of much which is confusing, violent, and ambiguous. We asked Ryan O'Dowd, lecturer at Cornell University and author of Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction, to introduce and curate a series of articles on how and why we should read the Old Testament for public life today. —Comment editors, Fall 2011 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? 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. 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? 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? http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2998/ Eleventh in our expert series on must-read books. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Eleventh in our expert series on must-read books. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2983/ So our long slide down the slope of civilized savagery proceeds. Agence France Press reports the first public case of a Dutch patient euthanized even though she had never formally requested death or followed the required legal protocols. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 So our long slide down the slope of civilized savagery proceeds. Agence France Press reports the first public case of a Dutch patient euthanized even though she had never formally requested death or followed the required legal protocols. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2976/ Next in our series on the OT and public life . . . Isaiah interpreted world politics through his theology of international relations, voicing a radical form of wellbeing not brought about by the tools of statecraft. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Next in our series on the OT and public life . . . Isaiah interpreted world politics through his theology of international relations, voicing a radical form of wellbeing not brought about by the tools of statecraft. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2974/ Pope Benedict may or may not bless the Occupy Wall Street movement. But an Eastern European former Marxist atheist intellectual has told protesters that they should really preoccupy themselves with the Holy Spirit. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Pope Benedict may or may not bless the Occupy Wall Street movement. But an Eastern European former Marxist atheist intellectual has told protesters that they should really preoccupy themselves with the Holy Spirit. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2973/ What is missing from the warehouse or shopping mall church is a deep connection with what the Christian worshipper believes and thinks. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 What is missing from the warehouse or shopping mall church is a deep connection with what the Christian worshipper believes and thinks. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2970/ Send even the slightest signal that you are a pilgrim and everything changes. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Send even the slightest signal that you are a pilgrim and everything changes. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2968/ There is something more to Disney World. Alongside the modern notion of disenchantment is a powerful human need to be enchanted, to fill the vacuum left by old convictions. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 There is something more to Disney World. Alongside the modern notion of disenchantment is a powerful human need to be enchanted, to fill the vacuum left by old convictions.