The second Chesterton Debate entitled “God’s Politics: A Debate on Religion’s Role in Public Life” lived up to its promise to “provide a forum for respectful and substantive discussion of contentious issues relevant in today’s world.” Leslie Rosenblood, founding member and policy adviser for Canadian Secular Alliance, and Iain Benson, Catholic legal philosopher, writer, and… Read more »
The second Chesterton Debate is entitled “God’s Politics? A Debate on Religion’s Role in Political Life.” The series website’s “About” section maintains The Chesterton Debate Series, inspired by the notable English luminary G.K. Chesterton, is an initiative of the Office of Catholic Youth in partnership with the Archdiocese of Toronto. The debate series has… Read more »
On May 13, 2014, Rachel Décoste, Janice Fiamengo, Alice McLachlan, Justin Trottier engaged in a lively and thought provoking discussion on TVO’s The Agenda: Freedom of speech is thought of as a key part of our democracy. But is one person’s version of free speech the same as another’s? What if an individual disagrees with… Read more »
Physicist Sean Carroll will be debating William Lane Craig tonight at 8pm EST, 5pm PST. The event is live streamed via this link on the topic of God and cosmology. If you’ve followed atheist/theist debates, you’ll know that William Lane Craig is a very good debater but Sean Carroll is no slouch when it comes to explaining… Read more »
The organizers of the first debate in the Chesterton Debate Series would like feedback: Have a good experience at the first Chesterton Debate and would like to share your feeling/thoughts with the world? If so, send me a brief comment (no more than 40 words) and it might end up on the Chesterton Debate website… Read more »
On February 7, 2014, Justin Trottier and Philip Cleevely participated in the first debate of the Chesterton Debate Series. The debate sponsored by the Archdiocese of Toronto and the Office of Catholic Youth. The audio of the debate is now available: