Beware the Politicians Crying, “Hijab! Hijab!”
This past week Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull proposed to lengthen the pathway to citizenship in his country while also...
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Fighting Our Phobias
While the U. S. President continues to wrestle with the American judiciary over whether people wanting to enter the United States can and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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The New Refugees Scare Me Too
[This is another post lightly adapted from one originally written for my blog, “On Second Thought,” offered on the website for “Context...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Neither Severity nor Sentimentality: Responding Well to Terror
The following is another contribution to my weblog, called “On Second Thought,” originally published via Context with Lorna Dueck....
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Allah and Yhwh…and Tash and Aslan
Just a little more on this issue of “Which God is which?” As I implied at the end of my previous post, but now will say explicitly: I...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
Prof. Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College, Illinois, made news when she said she would wear a headscarf (or hijab) through Advent in...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Holding One’s Nose to Defend Charlie Hebdo
“Secular society” does not mean that nothing is sacred. The common good is sacred. The welfare of society is sacred. And by “sacred” in...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Another Way Terrorists Win
Bernard Drainville, the Parti Québecois cabinet minister responsible for the controversial Values Charter now before the National...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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The Anti-Islamic Movie and Cartoons: Let’s Not Defend Literary Litter
What is the point of the cartoon? The “journalists” at Charlie Hebdo published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad. They’re stupid...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Christianity the Worst Source of Evil?
A friend writes: I have run across the following issue a lot recently: the blaming of Christianity (and belief in God generally) for all...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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David Martin's Newest Book: For Your Summer Study Break
The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization. By David Martin. Ashgate, 240 pp., $29.95...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Defining God
In a lovely note from someone in a recent audience of mine, two questions were raised. I thought you might like to read how I...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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"Shariah: The Threat to America": A Commendable Worry Badly Addressed
The Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., recently released a report called Shariah: The Threat to America that sounds the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Ground Zero Mosque, Part Two
Part of what motivates people to oppose a mosque at Ground Zero is worry that any form of Islam, except perhaps the most liberal,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Ground Zero Mosque: It's a Simple Question
Controversy continues to rage over whether moderate Muslims should build, and should be allowed to build, a mosque or a community centre...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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More Video: Stanford Multi-Faith Seminar 2010
Two events in which your servant was involved are now available for video (and audio) consumption. The first is a threefold presentation...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Jesus, Muhammad, a Sudanese Teddy Bear, Irshad Manji, and Me
Irshad Manji, a Canadian activist who cajoles and confronts her fellow Muslims from the theological left of Islam, recently asked some of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Why I Signed the Yale Response to "A Common Word"
Over the last few weeks, various Christians have contacted me because they are troubled over encountering my name amidst dozens of other...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Overstepping? Evangelical Leaders and a Palestinian State
A number of American evangelical leaders, among whom I count several friends, recently wrote an open letter to President Bush urging a...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Both Christian and Muslim? Sort of…
The Seattle Times reports that Rev. Dr. Ann Holmes Reading, an Episcopal priest, has announced that she has been a Muslim for the last...
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