{"product_id":"9781486614523","title":"Under Siege: Religious Freedom and the Church in Canada at 150 (1867-2017)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWriting from the perspective of a student of life, history, law,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitics, and theology, Don Hutchinson draws on all of these areas in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder Siege\u003c\/i\u003e to offer perceptive insight into the Christian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurch of today’s Canada. The reader will receive the benefit of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethirty years of church leadership, Christian witness, constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elaw, and public policy experience to gain a practical understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof how we, the Church, may cast the deciding votes on the future of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity in our constitutionally guaranteed “free and democratic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did we get here? What happened to “Christian” Canada? Do we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot have \u003ci\u003eCharter\u003c\/i\u003e rights like everyone else? What does the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBible say?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany Christians sense that an advancing secularism is trying to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforce upon Canadians a culture in which faith is meant to be private.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHutchinson presents historic, legal, and theological grounds for us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot to hide our faith in stained-glass closets, but instead to enter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada’s contested public space with confidence. Together as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindividual Christians, congregations, denominations, and para-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econgregational ministries, we are the Church in Canada. And together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe have the capacity to impact the nation for God’s good, the good of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eour neighbours, and the good of ourselves. Will we?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Word Alive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49836824461552,"sku":"9781486614523","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486614523","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}