Faceted Search: Faith & Public Life

About two days before Jesus was crucified, a woman broke open an alabaster jar filled with costly ointment and poured it on his head. Some witnesses were outraged and said, “Why was the ointment wasted in this way? It could have been sold for more ...

Story - CPJ - 12/20/2012 - 14:26 - 0 comments

Canadians generally and Christians specifically have been ill-served by debate over the Kyoto Protocol. The problem is deeper than the biased propaganda and lobbying of various levels of government, the energy industry and their coalitions, and others ...

Story - CPJ - 11/21/2012 - 10:34 - 0 comments

In 1991, the Ontario government began to permit the use of faith-based courts by members of religious groups to resolve civil disputes. While they initially did not create any public controversy, faith-based arbitration came under scrutiny in 2004 when ...

Story - Mariel - 11/21/2012 - 10:36 - 1 comment

Fear and inspiration. These are the big buzzwords lately. Fear driven by the financial markets and impending economic crisis. Inspiration that a man of vision who speaks of hope was able to overcome America’s troubled history of racial injustice t ...

Page - CPJ - 11/18/2008 - 13:11 - 0 comments

Marci McDonald's cover story in the October issue of The Walrus magazine was one of several recent articles to raise the spectre of the fearful impact of “evangelical” Christians and others of faith on public life. Under the cover title ...

Story - Harry - 11/19/2008 - 16:53 - 0 comments

In Luke 18:1-8 we read Jesus’ parable about a judge and a widow. The widow has suffered some injustice, so she goes to the judge to seek redress. The judge is not a God-fearing man and has little respect for others, so refuses her. But the wid ...

Story - Guest - 12/20/2012 - 14:42 - 0 comments

Thinking about our role as citizens in terms of ministry makes a big difference in how we approach the challenge of shaping the way our society works. Whether we have legal citizenship or not, we exercise citizenship through the variety of ways in which ...

Story - CPJ - 12/20/2012 - 14:42 - 0 comments

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - Jesus, speaking to his disciples just before his crucifixion (John 14:27) Peace ...

Story - Guest - 12/20/2012 - 14:42 - 0 comments

As an activist, I am occasionally asked why I do what I do. Generally, I am hard-pressed to answer the question. I just do it because it's who I am; it's the right thing; my parents did it; the world needs our positive response to injustice and oppressi ...

Story - Guest - 12/20/2012 - 14:26 - 0 comments

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne. Michigan: Zondervan Press, 2006. reviewed by Jennifer deGroot He is evangelical to the core and his story is all about love. His is not the kind of book I ...

Story - Guest - 06/22/2009 - 14:27 - 0 comments