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John von Heyking is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. He is the author of Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World (Missouri, 2001), and coeditor of Friendship and Politics: Essays in Political Thought (Notre Dame, 2008). He has also written about friendship, just war, Islamic political thought, deliberative democracy, political prophecy, Eric Voegelin, religion and politics in Canada, and the philosophy of the Calgary Stampede.
Articles By John von Heyking
Against the Edwardians: Why Religion Has a Place in Public Debate
by John von Heyking on June 19, 2009
Recently in Canada, the claim that religious arguments have no place in public debate has been used to deny the legitimacy of religious arguments to oppose the inclusion of gay-friendly books in elementary school libraries, to suspect religious political candidates of harbouring a “hidden agenda,” in opposing abortion, and to prohibit home-school parents from using religious materials as part of their children’s education.
Read more » | 0 commentsBook Review: It’s the Regime, Stupid! A Report From the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters
by John von Heyking on November 19, 2009
Combining philosophical, literary, and historical analysis, social science, and personal anecdote, Cooper analyzes the “logic” of the Canadian “regime.”
Read more » | 0 comments“A Long Time Coming”: Parliament's Prorogation Crisis
by John von Heyking on February 08, 2010
Harper’s decision to request prorogation has proven controversial because his critics (some of them sympathetic to his political program) believe he is abusing his executive power over Parliament. Harper’s defenders point out that there is nothing unconstitutional about prorogation and that Parliament’s current dysfunction justifies it.
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Treason From 16TH-Century England TO 9/11
“In advanced countries, treason is an antiquarian offence,” writes Lord Black in his survey of treason from the 16th century to the attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001. “Toleration of conscientious objection and a media tendency to mistrust militarism and nationalism and to seek the ‘sources’ of even foreign discontent have made treason an unfashionable allegation, as it implies national moral superiority. “
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