Books
Leaving Fundamentalism
I am a bit stumped on how to write about this book Leaving Fundamentalism, which is edited by G. Elijah Dann and published by Wilfred Laurier Unversity Press (2008). I have not read the book, it has been offered.
The internet being what it is, I landed at the Google book preview and didn’t stop until [...]
The Armageddon Factor The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada
In 2006 well known journalist Marci McDonald wrote a definitive piece on the Canadian religious right for The Walrus Magazine. The premise and birth of religious right alert is based on her interest, research and information.
Covering religious issues in Canada is difficult for seriously stretched and economically beleaguered media; Canadians are passive and trusting about [...]
Self publishing Canadian author of The Shack
Globe and Mail
Thank God. He’s bought a house.
William Paul Young, that is - the world’s hottest new novelist, a guy who not 16 months ago was working, in his words, as “a general manager, janitor and inside sales guy” for a small company in Milwaukie, Ore.; a guy who, “with a couple of jobs [...]
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 the [...]
