September/October 2013

Assessing the Secular Threat 0

Advocates of religious freedom, be they genuine or merely self-designated, are astir in America just now. And many are deeply worried. They perceive a secular tide in the land, threatening to stifle the voice and visible practice of faith, at least the conservative kind. When he was president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,

The State as Step-Parent 0

The protection of freedom of religion afforded by s. 2(a) of the [Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms] is broad and jealously guarded in our Charter jurisprudence.”1 So said the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004. Times have changed. Given the recent decision of the court in the case of S. L. v. Commission scolaire

Sao Paulo Has Its Day of Religious Freedom 0

The very first mega festival of religious liberty was held in 2006 in São Paulo. At that time 12,000 people filled an indoor stadium. This was soon followed by festivals on five continents. The two largest ones were held in stadiums in Luanda, Angola (2008), and in Lima, Peru (2009). Crowds of tens of thousands

A Lawless Law 0
- September/October 2013
- September 4, 2013
The scene has been repeated so often in Pakistan in the past several years that the word “shocking” is no longer applicable, because it’s no longer shocking, just (sadly), tragically predictable. As for the perpetrators, the only thing that changes is the name of the so-called Muslim extremist group that proudly takes responsibility for the
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Fire in the Streets 0
- September/October 2013
- September 4, 2013
Hundreds Dead After Street Clashes in Cairo.” Headlines such as that are attention-grabbers. Not only is it shocking to hear of so many lives lost amid a maelstrom of violence, but this, after all, was supposed to be the Arab Spring! Rewind a moment and think about what has happened in Egypt in just one
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The Church Versus State Debate 0
- September/October 2013
- September 4, 2013
As an outside observer of U.S. and Canadian media I am often bemused at how often some of my Christian friends across “the pond” allow themselves to be diverted into often vacuous debates over what America’s Founders “intended” when they wrote the separation of church and state into the American Constitution. Not that I suggest
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