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Michael Coren

Michael Coren writes for the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and New Statesman. His latest book is The Rebel Christ.
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January/February 2023 / Memoir

I Became a Pastor during the Pandemic

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 - by Michael Coren

I wasn’t prepared for the challenges I would face as a priest during COVID-19

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Society

What Does the Bible Actually Say about Abortion?

October 15, 2021November 3, 2021 - by Michael Coren

Many conservative Christians use scripture to justify their positions but ignore Jesus’s teachings on humanity and equality

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Education

Why Are We Still Paying for Catholic Schools?

January 6, 2020March 14, 2022 - by Michael Coren

Maintaining separate education systems is costly, unfair, and culturally divisive

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April 2019 / Books

What Is Hell? It Depends Who You Ask

March 11, 2019November 8, 2021 - by Michael Coren

Beliefs around damnation have always been in flux. Now the concept may be disappearing for good

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Politics

Conservatives Don’t Own Jesus

May 22, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Michael Coren

By teaming up with Christians, progressives can reclaim the political agenda

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Society

Why I Pray

December 24, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Michael Coren

How I still find meaning in prayer during an era where it’s often watered down—or used as an emotional weapon

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Politics

The Misguided Fight Against Sex-Ed Reform

November 21, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Michael Coren

Alberta’s proposed curriculum has been met with the same tired controversy—and it isn’t making kids any safer

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Technology

Why Twitter Wants You To Hate

October 25, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Michael Coren

How the social platform uses anger to power its popularity

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Politics

The Rising Political Influence of the Catholic Right

September 6, 2017November 17, 2019 - by Michael Coren

How religious zealots are gaining traction among Canada’s new era of conservatives

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Politics

How Social Conservatives Could Swing the Next Election

May 28, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Michael Coren

Anyone surprised by Andrew Scheer’s Conservative party leadership win hasn’t been paying attention

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