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
In this guest blog, Dr. Justin Cooper reflects on Dr. Calvin Seerveld legacy as a professor and as an inspiration for the Christian formation that happens at universities like Trinity Christian College and Redeemer University. … More A Tribute to Dr. Calvin Seerveld and His Legacy for Trinity Christian College and Redeemer University
I’ve often been asked how I reconcile physics with my Christian faith. For some, the two seem incompatible: science is about facts and equations, while faith is about belief and mystery. But for me, and for many others working at the interface of science and theology, the relationship is far more nuanced, and far more beautiful and compelling. … More Quantum Physics and the Credibility of Christian Faith: A Personal Reflection
Guest blogger Shaio Chong discusses various models of what campus ministry can look like and then offers theological grounding for a generous openness to a variety of different approaches. … More Let All Campus Ministry Models Be
Here I review Mouw’s intellectual autobiography. His approach to academic life has been a great example of crossing intellectual boundaries and engaging both faithfully and civilly. … More Mouw as Scholar Saint: Living Out a Dialogical Pluralism as a Reformed Evangelical
Here I review the memoir of Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff. He is a kind of model Christian scholar–not only because he wrote seminal works that have championed a Christian worldview; but because he was a committed citizen of institutions and communities that in turn prompted him to write about the pressing issues of the day. … More Reason Within the Bounds of Christian Tradition: Wolterstorff’s Covenantal Philosophizing, Together with Others
International students surged to over 1 million in 2023 in Canada, and make up almost two-thirds of the students enrolled in higher education–30% of Canada’s total student population. This is a share higher than any other hosting country in the world. Such unprecedented population growth with its demographic distribution features has created a complex crisis of international students, triggering a largely negative response from the Canadian pubic and significant policy interventions from the Canadian government. What does the Christian faith have to say in times like this? … More The Crisis of International Students in Canada and Christ’s Call to Peacemaking
Guest blog writer Quinn Goranson describes a recent webinar by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe with Global Scholars Canada. Can we nurture nature rather than neglect its needs in this age of Global Weirding? … More Responding to Global “Weirding”: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe discusses Christian Climate Stewardship
We are losing our religious literacy in North America, and it is much to our detriment. There can be no peace without knowledge of each other’s faith, and no understanding of the Western world without knowledge of the Bible. Religion is the fourth “R” in any basic education, and our world would be better for including more rather than less religion in its education systems.
… More Joseph and The Whale: The Decline in Biblical–and Religious–Literacy and What to Do about it
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