Religious Particularity & the Cultural Canopy – Beyond Multiculturalism – David Goa w/ Brad Jersak
The words of Jesus Christ, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes unto the Father except by me” frame the backdrop for this conversation on particularity and universals.
The Jewish patrimony accents the gift of particularity. Christianity, like Islam and Buddhism, treasures its revelation and sees its significance for all times and places, a “universal” insight.
In modern liberal democratic societies the particularity of cultural gifts and the civil striving for universal rights and responsibilities is often confused and entangled.
David Goa and Brad Jerak, in conversation, walk into the thickness of religious particularity and think about the importance of the civil canopy of “universals.” The danger of absolutes and the importance of holding with care our ultimate concerns are tempered with and through friendship.
Peccatum Originus – poem by E. H. Janzen
Peccatum Originus Circling this tree we wonderedwhat mystery lay behindthe fruit of our questionWe put distance between usand the boughs heavy with temptationbranches reaching out like hands and talonsto gather us in likefish fighting the shame baited barbed...
The Enough-ness of Jesus – a jail Bible study by Amy Muia
1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3In these lay a multitude of those who were sick,...
The Enough-ness of Jesus – a jail Bible study by Amy Muia
1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3In these lay a multitude of those who were sick,...
“Pardon Me?!” by Wayne Northey
“Pardon Me?!” On Good Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper telephoned Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to overhaul Canada’s pardon legislation. He declared “there are some crimes that should never be pardoned.”
Clarion Journalist in Thailand: May 20, 2010
Violence erupted in Bangkok today after several days of increasing tension. It seemed like everything would be alright a week or so ago when the government offered November elections that the Red Shirts tentatively agreed to.
Marci McDonald’s The Armageddon Factor – Review by Ron Dart
Marci McDonald, The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada, Random House Canada, 2010. Review by Ron S. DartSee also Douglas Todd, "War of words explodes as Armageddon Factor hits bookstores," The Search - Vancouver...
Deuteronomy, Jewish Prophets and the Sermon on the Mount by Ron Dart
Evangelicals have been reading the Sermon on the Mount for centuries with little evident intention of taking the text seriously. Clark Pinnock, Revolution (1971) I have taught courses on political philosophy for many years. I tend to...
Forgiving our fathers by Bob Ekblad
On May 2nd I returned home from a week of teaching on the Island of Leyte in the Philippines. I took the 16 hours of flights (each way) to help out with the Holy Given Mission School, a two-month induction into the ministry of Jesus. These schools are...
“Testing faith: redeeming Christians from themselves” – Reflective Review of L. Huskinson’s ‘Nietzsche’ by Brad Jersak
“Testing faith: redeeming Christians from themselves” A Reflective Review of Lucy Huskinson’s Introduction to Nietzsche Nietzsche’s Test of Faith In Lucy Huskinson’s brilliant, all too brief missive, An Introduction to Nietzsche (SPCK 2009), she...
Thomas Merton & C. S. Lewis: book reviews by Ron Dart
Thomas Merton & C.S....