Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer, blogger, and a former Member of Parliament.
Recent Posts
- Proud to protect refugees - My wife Martha has been involved for many years in church groups sponsoring refugees and assisting them to settle into new lives in Canada. I have acted as an occasional helper, enough for me to hear some of the heart rending stories about the wars, famines and oppression that have driven people from countries such as... Read More
- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and whistleblowers - A group called Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has issued a report for the year 2012-13 that should challenge our complacency. The CJFE details how the Conservative government and its bureaucracy are muzzling scientists, putting roadblocks in the way of people trying to use the Access to Information legislation, and harassing whistleblowers and other... Read More
Recent Comments
- { This kind of spying on perceived political enemies is the next step in our sleepwalk toward autocracy. I believe we are in the nymph stage... } – Tuesday, May 14, 2013
- { Brad Wassink wrote a great piece about this issue, too. Thanks for your blog, Dennis; I'll attend this meeting! http://www.cpj.ca/en/content/new-%E2%80%98proud-protect-refugees%E2%80%99-campaign-launched } – Monday, May 13, 2013
- { When Jesus and his family had to flee their home for fear of the tyrant ruling their land, they became refugees. Under current Canadian immigration... } – Sunday, May 12, 2013
- { Journalists may be angry about the Harper government’s attempts to silence whistle blowers and keep information from the public, but too many reporters across the... } – Saturday, May 11, 2013
- { Thanks Marla. I am sure he will appreciate your suppoprt. } – Monday, April 22, 2013 »»
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.
- Dennis Gruending’s Pulpit and Politics in Ebook format - Pulpit and Politics: Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Pubic Life is now available in an Ebook format. The book is a provocative exposé of the political ideology and tactics employed by religious conservatives in Canada today. It examines the competition between religious progressives and conservatives for power and influence in Canadian life. Pulpit and Politics... Read More
- 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