Religion and society Articles
Faith groups still enrich collective life
January 07, 2006
The fact that religious fanatics grab bigger headlines than members of the World Council of Churches does not diminish the importance of the latter's work, writes Stephen Scharper, who teaches world religions and ecology at the University of Toronto.
Muslim feast of Eid is journey of faith
January 07, 2006
Pilgrims visit Mecca as families here head to mosque
Imam expects new mosque will build bridges between faiths
January 03, 2006
$5M Bells Corners project called beginning of 'community'
Limbo appears doomed by Vatican theologians
December 29, 2005
This month, 30 top theologians from around the world met at the Vatican to discuss, among other quandaries, the problem of what happens to babies who die without baptism.
God in the Marketplace 2
June 17, 2004
It's the first taboo of politics in Canada: Don't talk about your religion.At least that's what Alliance Party founder Preston Manning and former Quebec Liberal leader Claude Ryan told a 2002 conference on religion i...
God in the Marketplace: Intro
June 17, 2004
Religion, like sex, is a volatile force. In the wrong hands, it can be used to overpower and oppress. The news bursts forth daily with grim reminders of how religious leaders in Afghanistan, India, Ireland and elsewh...
God in the Marketplace 1
June 17, 2004
In reaction to the one-time dominance of Christianity in Canada, secularism has risen up and now holds sway. Canadian society has largely shoved religion, spirituality and discussion of morality out of the marketplac...
An assertive new voice for Muslims
June 17, 2004
Canada's Muslims are acquiring a new and assertive national voice. This week in Toronto, the newly-formed Canadian Islamic Congress made its public debut with a survey of anti-Islam coverage in five of Canada's major newspapers.
Mukhtar Malik, one of the Congress's founders and the president of...
West uses double standard on Islam
June 17, 2004
Zinedine Zidane is my type of hero. Yes, he led France to its first World Cup victory. But more significant to me, he is French Muslim. In the final game, he used his head, twice, to make a statement: Muslims in the West are making important contributions to their countries.
Zinedine, which in A...
