Archive for April, 2009
Religious Rebranding Exercises
In 2003, tobacco titan Philip Morris attempted to reduce the harm being done to its less lethal subsidiaries, like Kraft foods, through a “re-branding” exercise: Philip Morris became Altria Group. The change was little more than skin deep, of course: the company remained otherwise identical (though Kraft has since been spun out again), and the [...]
The Future of the Evangelical Church in Canada
Early this year, Internet Monk wrote a three-part series assessing the state of the evangelical church in the United States (here, here and here). Briefly, he argues that evangelicals are on the precipice of the same massive and permanent decline already experienced by the Protestant mainline churches; that this movement will hit hardest among the [...]
See how they pray: Ottawa’s National House of Prayer
Dennis Gruending The Ottawa-based National House of Prayer (NHOP) is organizing a National Prayer Sunday for our government and its leaders on June 29. You may not have heard of the NHOP or its prayer list so I will take a brief look at both. You may be surprised – but first a brief bit [...]
Religious Right 101: Marci McDonald Takes On the “Theo-Cons”
I doubt she thought it would end up this way, but I think the best online primer on the religious right in Canada is still Marci McDonald’s 2006 article in The Walrus, “Stephen Harper and the Theo-Cons: The Rising Clout of Canada’s Religious Right.” McDonald explores the connections between the Christian right, a growing array [...]
The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
Terrible Depths The Religious Right, Stephen Harper and The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada Gary Goodyear’s suggestion that evolution was a theological issue of faith got several bloggers, including myself, interested in the growing influence of the religious right in Canadian politics. At the time of the comments, bloggers hit the roof. The issue [...]
Canada’s Christian Right: A View From Within
You could fill a library with the American books published by, for, or at least about the Christian right. The same is not true in Canada. There are some exceptions. Last year, Albertan writer Michael Wagner published Standing on Guard for Thee: The Past, Present and Future of Canada’s Christian Right, in which he makes [...]
Media test
see more Lolcats and funny pictures We aren’t resting, it just looks quiet ’round here. There are four busy people from across Canada with lives, families, blogs and jobs working to set up this site. We’ve been reaching out, getting feedback, setting up and collaborating between time zones. Thank you for the encouragement. Bear with [...]
