Improving the Quantity and Quality  
Of Canada's Religious News  
Blogs
Blog1
How the Western Media Sees Islam (or not)
June 04, 2008
Jerusalem – He is a professor of Islamic Studies at Al Quds University in Jerusalem, and he has s... Read More

On Holy Ground
March 24, 2008
Last week, the Mayor of Vancouver stood on the steps of a downtown Catholic church to make an imp... Read More

Underneath the Helmet Issue
March 07, 2008
It seems the only time we hear about Canada’s Sikh community in the media is when there is ... Read More

Blog2
Brainwashing or simple parenting?
March 24, 2008
Children being raised in a religious environment is a volatile issue, at least to anti-theists. A... Read More

Lord’s Prayer
March 04, 2008
In Ontario’s it’s often the little things that kick up the biggest fuss. This time, i... Read More

Tip:

Religion and Politics in Canada is always a hot topic in a pre-election period.  For an informed look at how the Canadian government should reconsider the role of religion in our country, see the article by Iain Benson, Executive Director of the Centre for Cultural Renwal titled:   "Taking a Fresh Look at Religion and Public Policy in Canada: The Need for a Paradigm Shift."

http://www.culturalrenewal.ca and click on "Federal Study on Religion and Public Policy"

At long last, the report from Gerard Bouchard and Charles Taylor on reasonable accommodation in Quebec has been released, and provides a wealth of story ideas for reporters covering religion in Canada.  For an abridged pdf of the full report, check out this webpage for "Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation".   Bear in mind that the Commission was launched out of concerns in Quebec over Muslim headscarves, Sikh kirpans, and the possibility of sharia law coming to Canada….so the implications of accommodating religious practices, values, traditions and rights are analyzed within the framework of Canadian society and national values.  Here is the website:

http://www.accommodements.qc.ca


Mainline Protestant Articles
Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith
March 16, 2008
Rabbi Funnye, the first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis,  is on a mission to bridge racial and religious divisions by encouraging Chicago’s wider Jewish community to embrace his followers.

In Britain, creationist theory is evolving
March 16, 2008
Europeans have long viewed the conflict between evolutionists and creationists as primarily an American phenomenon, but it has recently jumped the Atlantic with skirmishes in Italy, Germany, Poland and, notably, Britain, where Darwin was born and where he published his 1859 classic.

I do, I do, I do, I do
March 15, 2008
Edmonton Sun columnist Coren writes he predicts that polygamy will be legal and accepted in this country within five years, and that any Charter challenge in support of the custom would not only be backed by the revolutionary precedent of same-sex marriage redefinition but also by guaranteed...

Pastor's hellfire sermons put Obama's campaign in hot water
March 14, 2008
Barack Obama faced potential damage to his campaign yesterday after television networks aired footage of sermons by the former pastor of Obama's church likening the Democratic frontrunner to Jesus and declaring: "God damn America."

Lutheran draft report sidesteps judgment on gay marriage
March 14, 2008
Finding little consensus in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a panel recommends that wedlock still be defined as between a man and a woman, but it doesn't condemn same-sex unions.

What they don't teach at Sunday school: the joy of Old Testament sex
March 09, 2008
A new study is set to cause a storm by focusing on the Bible's treatment of sexual matters. Andy  McSmith looks into the row – and revisits some of the good book's steamier episodes 

For Jimmy Carter, a more personal mission
February 01, 2008
He is grieved by his inability to make peace between liberals and conservatives in his own faith. It's a battle that has left him estranged from the Southern Baptist Convention.


'God has an interest in our sexuality. God invented it'
October 26, 2005
Pastor goes from classes on anger management to sermons on sex

Christianity Hangs in the Balance
October 04, 2004
Churches Fear Being Marginalized by State



 
Feature
Muslimproject
Canadian_heritage
Search Articles
Advanced Search
Multifaith Calendar
Multifaithcal Click here to view a multifaith calendar with important dates and holidays.