Category Archives: Canada’s Religious Right

The growth of religious political lobbies in Canada

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Bene Diction

Dennis Gruending, a journalist and former MP who keeps an eye on the rising influence of religion in politics in Canada outlines four reasons why he believes Canada’s religious right is ascending. I’d encourage my US friends who study various … Continue reading →

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Here and there

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Bene Diction

Ottawa Archbishop wants to deny communion to some Catholic politicians 10 worst countries for women to live (and die) in Ian Brodie, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Peter Worthington asks some questions David Aiken CTV Politics Blog Philosophy professor on John Corvino on … Continue reading →

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Charles McVety and evangelical priorities

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Bene Diction

John Stackhouse, religion professor at Regent College in Vancouver, is more direct: “My first reaction [upon hearing about the government's tax credit move] is if it came from Charles McVety, it’s probably a bad idea. He is usually going public … Continue reading →

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The Family

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Bene Diction

There was an article in The Toronto Star the other day on the Liberal Party of Canada following the US election closely: US race fills grits with envy: “It gives us hope that people are seeing right-wing social conservatism as … Continue reading →

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Charles McVety and Chris Hedges

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Bene Diction

Bill Kinnon at achievable ends links up to the National Post coverage of a debate between  home grown Charles McVety of Canadian Christian College and Chris Hedges who was in Toronto to promote his book: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Conservative Party, and who makes voters nervous

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Bene Diction

Harper, who heads a minority government, is a member of the East Gate Alliance Church, part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a denomination with 400,000 members that believes in the literal word of the Bible, faith-healing and the imminent … Continue reading →

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Wells- So much for the power of God

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Bene Diction

Paul Wells looks at The Walrus Piece on Steven Harper and the religious right in – So much for the power of God. McDonald quotes a colourful array of anti-gay-marriage, anti-abortion, occasionally millenarian characters who are “convinced that Harper is one … Continue reading →

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The Religious Right is not in demise

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Bene Diction

I don’t know how the Republicans will do in the upcoming elections, but I do know that the Christian Right as a social movement will survive, and remain a powerful factor in the social, cultural, and political life of the United … Continue reading →

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