Category Archives: Review

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Monochromatic Heterodoxy

Posted on September 19, 2017 by exec_admin

On CBC’s Ideas program recently (Friday 8 September), Paul Kennedy interviewed Jonathan Haidt to discuss Haidt’s views on the contemporary university. The program, “The Politics of the Professoriat: Political Diversity on Campus,” can be found here. In the words of … Continue reading →

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The George Grant Reader

Posted on June 8, 2017 by exec_admin

George Grant as a Philosopher of Fittedness for the Contemporary Canadian Situation or Overcoming Our Self-Incurred Immaturity In the autumn of 2016, the Communio Circle of the Diocese of Hamilton spent a study day on George Grant’s book English-Speaking Justice. In this … Continue reading →

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Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ

Posted on June 3, 2017 by exec_admin

I’ve just finished Aaron Riches’ book Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016). All Christians should revisit the Church councils now and again to be reminded of how we’ve been formed over time. As Riches … Continue reading →

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Harari on Big Data and the Gap between Homo and Deus

Posted on December 5, 2016 by exec_admin

In late August, just ahead of the publication of his book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow,Yuval Noah Harari wrote an article-length précis of his ideas. One can find it here.

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Pope gets it right about the environment

Posted on July 3, 2015 by exec_admin

Communio member and presenter Stephen Jones wrote a letter to the editor of the Record in response to an opinion piece that criticized Pope Francis’ recent encyclical. The opinion piece can be found here. Stephen’s letter can be found here.

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Evangelii Gaudium: A Personal Response

Posted on January 5, 2014 by review_ed

“I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ.” (#3) “Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization. Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that … Continue reading →

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Darwin’s Pious Idea

Posted on November 10, 2012 by review_ed

Conor Cunningham, Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. xx + 543. Reviewed by Norm Klassen. Introduction This is an important book. It models a Christian engagement of biology that thoroughly … Continue reading →

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Unlearning Protestantism

Posted on July 19, 2011 by review_ed

Just finished Unlearning Protestantism: Sustaining Christian Community in an Unstable Age (Brazos Press, 2010) by Gerald W. Schlabach, the founder of “Bridgefolk” an organization of Catholics and Mennonites who hope to learn from one another’s traditions. The thrust of the … Continue reading →

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Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

Posted on March 25, 2011 by review_ed

by James K.A. Smith Baker Academic (2009), Volume 1 of Cultural Liturgies, Paperback, 238 pages. This book is not (as its author is first to admit) theoretically ground-breaking, but Smith provides a first-rate application of theory to Christian practice. The … Continue reading →

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Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times

Posted on December 27, 2010 by review_ed

Pope Benedict XVI, Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times – A Conversation with Peter Seewald, Michael J. Miller & Adrian J. Walker, trans. (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010). Before being elected as … Continue reading →

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