Peter is executive director of Global Scholars Canada and the author of _The Subversive Evangelical: The Ironic Charisma of an Irreligious Megachurch_ (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019). He lives near Toronto, Canada.
If education is like art, a good education should turn your younger self’s black and white world to colour. But not only primary colours. … More Education as a Spiritual Discipline: From Black and White to Full Colour, Including the Shadows
Dr. Andrew Yan is the newest scholar to join Global Scholars Canada. He is a specialist in Christian-Chinese dialogue, especially in the areas of Daoism and Confucianism. Here he examines the famous Nestorian Stele. … More The Xi’an Stele as Inter-faith Dialogue: Nestorianism Meets Daoist Thought
A short biography and some quotes from Shiao Chong, the new Associate Director at Global Scholars Canada. Chong grew up in Malaysia, came to Canada to study a British poet, and now after campus ministry and denominational work has landed with GSC. … More Shiao Chong: A New Redemptive Influence Through Global Scholars Canada
In the West, especially in academic circles, there is sense that this world is all there is. The Christian insists with many others, however, that there is more to the world than just the world, and it is not all benevolence and love. Here I meditate on the unholy trinity of the world, the flesh, and the devil. … More The World, The Flesh and the Devil: Ephesians for a Polarized World
This book review explores the world of disability in Ghana and makes some connections to how stigmatization is itself a disabling global phenomenon. References to further reading are offered, expanding the relevance of this issue. … More Disability Stigma in Ghana: When Culture Gets Mean
In this guest blog, Hannah Willmann analyzes the Opening Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics to reveal patterns of erasure and appropriation of indigenous culture. She does so within a Christian frame that prophetically calls Canadian settlers to do justice and redress historical wrongs. … More Faith, Scholarship and Countering Colonialism with the Love of Christ
As we begin a new year, guest blogger Jim Klaas urges us to be intentional about making learning a life-long adventure. What did you learn this past year and what do you want to learn this coming year? A great question to orient ourselves for 2026. … More New Year Resolution: Be a Life-Long Learner
Faith is an encounter with God that creates traditions so such traditions can nurture faith. Here I explain how the modern Machine erodes our spiritual and geographic home, leaving us homeless, and how the traditions of the past, expressed in the present, can give us a better future. … More New Year Traditions and Resolutions: Tradition as an On-going Faith Argument
Find out what our expert panel said about the crisis of international students in Canada this past November. They cover the statistics, but also the stories of real people and the Biblical call to do justice and care for the sojourner within your gates. … More The Crisis of International Students in Canada: An Opportunity for Peace in a Troubled World?
“We Canadians make massive imports of culture unawares,” warned Calvin Seerveld. “I do not believe there is a sinister American plot to take over our nation,” he continued, but he wanted to stand on guard against any kitsch slinking in from the USA. This is what he said at a CBC radio conference in May 1990, but his words, like most of his writing, continue to ring with prophetic resonance today. … More God Picks Up the Pieces: A Personal Journey with Calvin Seerveld
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