Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer, blogger, and a former Member of Parliament.
Recent Posts
- Warrior Nation and the War of 1812 - I have just read the first chapter of Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety, a new book by Kingston-based author Jamie Swift and Queen’s University historian Ian McKay. It is the story of how the Canadian government and military, assisted by complicit historians, think tanks and some media, are trying to shift... Read More
- The Blaikie report on faith and politics - Rev. Bill Blaikie stands tall in the annals of Canadian parliamentarians and it is not only his imposing physical presence that sets him apart. Few MPs have served with equal distinction or for as long in the House of Commons (1979-2008) as the United Church minister from Winnipeg Transcona. And no one among contemporary MPs... Read More
Recent Comments
- { Thanks Nicole. I did not have the pleausure of meeting Wolf and Lukcy but we did have the good fortune of having thier son Ricardo... } – Tuesday, May 15, 2012
- { Dennis replies: Thanks Lee. I have embedded links in the text of my blog pieces aobut these groups. You can click on those links to... } – Tuesday, May 15, 2012
- { Dear Dennis, Thank you so much for the beautiful depiction of my family's journey. Wolf and Lucky are my Great Uncle and Aunt and living... } – Tuesday, May 15, 2012
- { When you are scandal ridden and in constant contempt of parliament, and you are not being a steward of our economy or our environment, then... } – Monday, May 14, 2012
- { I'm an Anabaptist/Baptist, an intervenor and peace educator in war zones and I would like to know more about this group. If I see one... } – Monday, May 14, 2012 »»
Pulpit and Politics: Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Public Life
A provocative expose of the competition between religious progressives and conservatives for power and influence in Canadian politics. Gruending follows this contest between from Parliament Hill to the church basements, synagogues, temples and universities of the nation and abroad.
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Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer, blogger and a former Member of Parliament. He has worked as a print and television journalist and radio host and has written six well-received books.
His anthology Great Canadian Speeches was a best seller and The Ottawa Citizen described it as a history of Canada as seen from the podium. He has also written biographies of Emmett Hall, whose Royal Commission recommended medicare for Canada, and of former Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney.
- Pulpit and Politics, a review by Ron Dart - My recent book book Pulpit and Politics has been reviewed in the Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice, an on line publication. The reviewer is Ron Dart, a professor in the Department of Philosophy & Politics at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. You will see that he recommends the book and is pleased that it... Read More
- Pulpit and Politics on CBC Radio - I was interviewed about my book Pulpit and Politics by two CBC Radio hosts in early January 2012. Michael Enright, host of CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition talked with former MP Bill Blaikie and me on New Year’s Day. Then on January 7, Wojtek Gwiazda, host of the Radio Canada International’s Masala Canada, interviewed me on a... Read More