Today more than ever those concerned about the meaning of personhood and the dignity of human life need to be aware of the many developments…
Many people would be aware of a survey the Democrats launched several months ago to look at the role of religion in politics. Of course,…
Harvard Business School Publishing, 2006. The fact that this book is published by the Harvard Business School and the author is a professor there tells…
Suicide is a major problem in the Western world. This paper has a very limited focus however. It will not look at such issues as…
What does it mean to be pro-life? There is some confusion as to what the term implies. If a person is opposed to abortion, must…
Pro-lifers have long warned that there are many ugly reasons for pursuing research on embryos. The cosmetics industry is one such reason. It has long…
It goes without saying that there are plenty of people who dislike the work I am involved in. Strong criticism comes from all the usual…
A reader of this site posted a comment in which he (rightly, I believe) questioned whether I am correct to align myself with more-or-less the…
Spinney Press, 2006. If this book is anything to go by, the natural family of mum, dad and the kids is not only an aberration,…
InterVarsity Press, 2005. This book is about how a good concept – tolerance – has been redefined and subverted by the secular left. Tolerance, properly…
The abortion drug RU486 has caused quite a stir lately. With so much debate on the issue, the Federal Government recently held a public inquiry…
Three related items on Islam. One. Danna Vale has received a lot of flack concerning her comments that Australia is aborting itself to extinction, and…
Multnomah, 2005. This book makes for scary reading. Even if it were only half true (which I do not think is the case), it would…
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2004. For two decades this book has well served the evangelical community as a basic textbook in ethics. First published in…
Spence Publishing, 2004. One can hardly think of a better author to take on the judicial activists. Phyllis Schlafly has been a dogged defender of…
InterVarsity Press, 2003. In this very informative volume six Protestant biblical scholars provide us with almost everything you’ve wanted to know about the institutions of…
Helen Pringle in her article, “The case of the violinist and the fetus,” resurrects an old argument in order to shed new light on the…
Encounter Books, 2003. Rapid developments in technology, especially in medicine, genetics and biochemistry, are easily outstripping careful analysis and social and moral reflection on these…
InterVarsity Press, 2004. The title of this collection of essays is both a good summary of the book and an important warning as to where…
In 1984 the American social commentator Richard John Neuhaus wrote an incisive book entitled The Naked Public Square. In it he argued that in the…