Blog 06 May 2021 Ron Dart Interviewed by Lauren Southern WN: Lauren Southern is vilified by the Left because of much of her past activism: a Canadian alt-right political activist,… Editor No Comments
19 Jan 2020 Book Review of Christianity and Pluralism, Ron Dart and J. I. Packer, Lexham Press, 2019; 70 pages Book Review of Christianity and Pluralism, Ron Dart and J. I. Packer, Lexham Press, 2019; 70 pages WN: This brief… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2019 Ron Dart on Jordan Peterson, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, Hermann Hesse WN: My friend Ron Dart sent me a link to this fascinating discussion: "Ron Dart on Jordan Peterson, C. S.… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 31 May 2017 Jaroslav Pelikan: Magister Ludi of Christian Castalia – with Ron Dart Magister Ludi - "Master of the Game" (Latin) Castalia - "Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2017 Constantine in Canada – Ron Dart – with Vancouver letter re: Franklin Graham February 27, 2017 Constantine in Canada: The Conservative Evangelicals Ron S. Dart WN: Years ago, I wrote an editorial in The… Editor No Comments
05 Jan 2024 Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes, James Alison, New York: Crossroad… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Jan 2024 Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes, James Alison, New York: Crossroad… Editor No Comments
Blog Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, is an enthusiastic mountaineer! 24 Sep 2017 Deuteronomy, Jewish Prophets and the Sermon on the Mount: Moral Formulas, Comedy and Tragedy: Monophony or Polyphony? photo above: Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, is an enthusiastic mountaineer! WN: Ron sent me this… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 May 2024 Reconciliation–WN Contribution to: illustration above: The rescue by (Anabaptist) Dirk Willems. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 387 of… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 May 2024 The Anabaptist Tradition, Peacemaking, John Howard Yoder and Mennonite Feminists’/Other Mennonite Leaders’ Call for a Dramatic Revision of a Common Contemporary Mennonite Narrative WN: In light of the sermon preached by our pastor, Ian Funk at Langley Mennonite Fellowship (LMF) May 5,… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2024 The Scholar-Gipsy Pictured here is a two-volume set, The Scholar-Gipsy: Thrownness, Memoricide & The Great Tradition, I recently published on Amazon and… Editor No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 08 Apr 2024 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Feb 2024 Anguished Thoughts On: Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds ***NOTE: Several footnotes supply additional commentary/information*** The Guardian Middle East crisis – live updates Julian Borger Global affairs editor Thu… Editor No Comments
18 May 2023 Dearest Sister Wendy: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship Sister Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg | Orbis Books, 2022 by Ron Dart: My friend, amongst many scholarly pursuits and… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 Mary and John: Troubled Families photo above: WN: My friend Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, was awarded in 2022 a Degree… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Nov 2022 Israel and the Palestinians: Apartheid State by Ron Dart image above: 15 May, 2013, marked the 65th anniversary of the Nakba – when 750,000 Palestinians were… Editor No Comments
09 Nov 2022 Book Review of: Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land Olive Branch Press, 2022, Donald E. Wagner By Ron Dart The title of this timely, autobiographical and not-to-be-missed book tends… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2022 Interaction With: Looking for advice on masculinity? Try St. Joseph rather than Jordan Peterson Oct 11, 2022 by Stephen G. Adubato | Opinion Stephen G. Adubato studied moral theology at Seton Hall University and… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 May 2022 The Adages of Erasmus The Adages of Erasmus: Philosophy, Formation and Wisdom, William Barker, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2001. WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 The Culture Wars: Plato, Shakespeare, Hesse, Eliot WN: My good friend Ron Dart sent me this lecture on the Culture Wars. It's enlightening. There are many more… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Jordan Peterson: Sic et Non WN: Ron has been a longstanding friend--over many decades. I've been privileged to work with him on writing projects; read… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Jun 2021 Eyes of Compassion: Learning From Thich Nhat Hanh Book Review of Eyes of Compassion: Learning From Thich Nhat Hanh, Jim Forest, Orbis Books, 2021 When I was working… Editor No Comments
04 Dec 2020 Christianity and Pluralism Book Review of Christianity and Pluralism, Ron Dart and J. I. Packer, Lexham Press, 2019; 70 pages excerpt: Another publication,… Editor No Comments
01 Nov 2020 Book Review of Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, Jean Bethke Elshtain, New York: Basic Books,… Editor No Comments
28 Oct 2020 Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir Orbis Books, 2020, by Jim Forest Reviewed by Ron Dart I first met Jim Forest in the mid-1980s when he… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2020 New Book! — Justice That Transforms: Volume 1 WN: Wipf and Stock Publishers gratefully re-published (my re-edited) Volume 1 of a series by the same title, January 9,… Editor No Comments
25 Apr 2019 Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance With The Feminine Book Review of Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance With The Feminine, Wood Lake Publishing, 2018, Susan McCaslin & J.S. Porter… Editor No Comments
23 Apr 2019 Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind Book Review of: Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind WN: My friend Ron Dart sent… Editor No Comments
Blog Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, is an enthusiastic mountaineer! 26 Mar 2019 The Journey to the East by Herman Hesse (1956): Part I/The Journey to the East: Part II WN: My friend Ron Dart is a prolific writer with wide-ranging subjects and invariably demonstrable wisdom. These two reflections again… Editor No Comments
06 Jan 2019 Early Christian Readings of Genesis One Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation, Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2018; author Craig Allert WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Dec 2018 Book Review of Long Have I Loved You Book Review of Long Have I Loved You: A Theologian Reflects on His Church, Orbis Books, 2000, Walter J. Burghardt… Editor No Comments
24 Sep 2018 Justice That Transforms — Book Series First 3 Volumes Fall 2018; Volume One Republished January 2020; two more projected late 2023 SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are… Editor
Blog 21 Apr 2018 How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant. By Michael Massing April 19, 2018 illustration above… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Dec 2017 Justin Trudeau, Israel and the Palestinians photo above: A just peace for Palestine, means peace for Israel too. by Michael Rose from Flickr Creative Commons WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Dec 2017 Erasmus: Wild Bird WN: I had the privilege of editing, copy-editing, writing the Foreword, and publishing on Amazon/Kindle, Ron Dart's excellent book on… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2017 Hellrazed? — edited by Kevin Miller WN: Kevin Miller produced the movie Hellbound? five years ago to look at changing views on the doctrine of hell.… Editor No Comments
21 Aug 2017 Kenotic Ecclesiology: Select Writings of Donald M. Mackinnon John C. McDowell, Scott A. Kirkland, Ashley John Moyse, (editors), Rowan Williams (Foreword), Fortress Press, 2016 by Ron Dart There… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 18 May 2017 Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton: Countercultural Affinities WN: This is a fascinating article that brings together Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton, likely the two most countercultural influencers… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Apr 2017 Restorative Justice Then, Now and A Dream WN: A massive body of Restorative Justice literature has emerged. A superb early study is Restoring Justice (Strong and Van… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 24 Sep 2016 25 and counting September 2016 My friend Ron Dart has just published his 25th book: The North American High Tory Tradition. Please see… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2016 Eat Me: The Cannibalistic Origins of the State David Gornoski Friday, August 05, 2016 This an outstanding piece, especially in the writer's powerful juxtaposition of Jesus' invitation to… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Aug 2015 Just War, Just Deserts, Just Hell WN: This was inspired by Brad Jersak after we jointly (with Ron Dart and Archbishop Lazar (see the earlier post,… Editor No Comments
Blog Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1855 illustration by Gustave Doré) 30 Aug 2015 Wrestling With Jacob: The Divine Dilemma This is a five-part series of talks by: Ron Dart, Brad Jersak, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Wayne Northey. Please click: Part… Editor No Comments
28 Aug 2015 White Gulls & Wild Birds Essays on C.S. Lewis, Inklings and Friends & Thomas Merton, edited by Ron Dart, Abbotsford: St. Macrina Press; 85 pp.… Editor No Comments
23 Aug 2015 A Gentler God: Breaking Free of the Almighty in the Company of the Human Jesus Breaking free of the Almighty in the company of the human Jesus, Menangle: Albatross Books, Douglas Frank, 2010; 390 pp.… Editor No Comments
09 Jun 2015 Lament For a Nation: Then and Now Lament For a Nation: Then and Now, Ron Dart, New York: American Anglican Press, 2015; 38 pp. This is a great… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Christian Zionism image above: azquotes.com WN: This was done for a new book by Ron Dart, Canadian Christian Zionism: A Tangled Tale.… Editor No Comments
25 Feb 2015 Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition, Hans Boersma, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004, 288 pages. WN: Both in dialogue and in reading… Editor No Comments
14 Mar 2014 Book Reviews List SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. A Farewell To Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey… Editor No Comments
25 Feb 2014 Chrysalis Crucible – a novel SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. PLEASE NOTE: In that there is no need… MasterEditor No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2024 Good Shepherd New York: Pride Month, The Gospel, Saint Paul and Inclusion WN: In the worship service today, the issue of homosexuality and the church is directly, lovingly, and beautifully addressed. Good… Editor No Comments
Blog “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid Solid Rock Church, Ohio, March 6, 2020 25 Mar 2023 Comments On: Amazing Disgrace By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2023 Comments On: Jimmy Carter embodies the ‘road not taken’ by many White evangelical Christians Story by John Blake: He is the author of the forthcoming: More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2022 Corporate and Contemplative Prayer WN: Taylor was kind enough to grant me permission to reproduce fully the excellent meditation below. He explains the provenance.… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Apr 2021 The look in Derek Chauvin’s eyes was something worse than hate By Jake Jackson April 24, 2021 photo above: Daily Sound and Fury WN: The Prophets and Jesus constantly call us… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2021 There Is No Christian Case for Trump January 30, 2020 Peter Wehner Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC photo above: President Trump speaking… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Aug 2020 ‘He’s Destroyed Conservatism’: The Republican Case Against Trump’s GOP Stuart Stevens was a winning GOP operative. Now he feels terrible about what he’s done to the country. By MICHAEL… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Dec 2018 Escape From the Trump Cult Escape from the Trump Cult Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Sep 2018 Thousands of Mental Health Professionals Agree With Woodward and the New York Times Op-ed Author: Trump Is Dangerous My current concern is that we are already witnessing a further unraveling of the president’s mental state, especially as the… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Aug 2018 DAILY MEDITATION photo above: courtesy of Judith Leckie WN: You may sign up for these Daily Meditations from the Henri Nouwen Society… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Mar 2018 Billy Graham & The Cold War Before the Culture War – White evangelical voters, Donald Trump, and the evolution of the religious right The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2017 Anti-empire, pro-activist … The Last Jedi is as left wing as Jeremy Corbyn The latest Star Wars film is an unlikely champion of the grassroots – and it’s not even subtle about it… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 May 2017 America’s Iran Hysteria The Irrationality of Iran Vilification By Danny Sjursen Posted by Danny Sjursen at 7:46am, May 30, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: It… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Apr 2017 Global Resource Depletion Home › 2013 › Volume 64, Issue 08 (January) › Global Resource Depletion Is Population the Problem? by Fred Magdoff Topics: Ecology , Marxist Ecology , Stagnation Places: Africa illustration above found here… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2016 Julian Assange Speaks About Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Election and the Litany of Charges Against Him In a 25-minute interview with John Pilger, an award-winning Australian journalist, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange summarized his analysis of emails… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2016 The Iraq War, Brexit and Imperial Blowback Wednesday, 06 July 2016 00:00 By Nadine El-Enany, Truthout | Op-Ed image above: Editor No Comments
