Fifth largest country in terms of territory and seventh largest in population, Brazil has a delicate political system, known for its extreme polarization and the use of religion as a method of raising votes in a predominantly Christian country. In Brazil, voting is mandatory, meaning that all people between the ages of 18 and 60…
At the end of July, I was able to attend the joint American Scientific Affiliation and Canadian Scientific Christian Affiliation annual conference. The meeting was held at the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto, as it was the 50th anniversary of the CSCA. Hearing talks and sharing our faith with other Christian scientists was…
When I was a kid, all the video games I played were in English. My parents, who didn’t speak the language, gave me a dictionary so I could search for the words. All my knowledge of English came from spending many afternoons after school playing Pokémon, Zelda and Final Fantasy. Without realising it, at some…
Although the hosts of the UK-based Nomad Podcast have changed since it began in 2009, its goal has remained the same: to provide listeners with candid and topical conversations about doubt, faith and the many tensions that arise from seeking to follow the way of Christ. A recurring topic is Christian deconstruction, a term that…
In 2010, Operation World published a map showing the growth of evangelical Christianity throughout the world. In the vast majority of countries, including ostensibly secular Europe, the growth in the numbers of believers was outpacing population growth. But in Canada and the United States, the increase in the numbers of Christians was lagging behind population…
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