John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minCURRENT EVENTSBest Year Ever? Yes! And also…NoNew York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has gotten a lot of attention recently for declaring that “This Has Been the Best Year Ever.”...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.18 minEVANGELICALISMEvangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minIn the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering[This was originally posted in April 2019] What’s the real story of the Sri Lankan bombings? Is it that Christians are being persecuted...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minCURRENT EVENTSTroubled in Toronto?Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minPUBLIC LIFEReligious Violence in Canada: Will It Happen Again?The recent shooting in a Quebec City mosque has prompted shocked Canadians to wonder whether we will see more religiously motivated...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minETHICSFace Coverings in Public? Civil Rights Aren’t EnoughA few times now I have criticized the public regulation of face coverings such as has been imposed this week by the Quebec government:...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minETHICSI Don’t Like Niqabs and Burqas — but They Should Be LegalJust as Quebec has outlawed the public wearing of face coverings, those laid-back, liberal-libertine Scandinavians have found a similar...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minETHICSPolygamy: Forbidden Once Again—but for How Much Longer?My friend and “Context” colleague Lorna Dueck recently set out an eloquent case against the legalization of polygamy in Canada on the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minETHICSShould Muslims Pray in School? Should Muslims Even Go to School?This post was originally published online in 2017. Canadian society faced another challenge this past month as a school district in...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.27 minETHICSStackhouse on Volf on “Public Faith”Good friend Miroslav Volf published a fine book a couple of years ago on A Public Faith. The journal Political Theology has released a...