My work on religion and politics focuses on the politics of evangelical Christians in Canada, including a comparative emphasis on Australia and New Zealand. This is a subject ripe with caricature, over-generalization and excessively polarized analyses (from all sides of the spectrum). I am no longer actively researching in this area but in my work I have tried to document this phenomena fairly and advance how political scientists can understand the complexity of religious identity and moral beliefs in advanced secular democracies.
Recent: "Canada's Marginal Christian Right" (July 2019 in The Conversation)
Scholarly publications and papers:
"Political opportunity structures, evangelical Christians, and morality politics in Canada, Australia and New Zealand" Australian Journal of Political Science 52:3 (2017).
“The Relationship Between the Conservative Party of Canada and Evangelicals and Social Conservatives” in J. Farney and D. Rayside, eds., Conservatism in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2013)
"Between America and Europe: Religion, Politics and Evangelicals in Canada” Politics, Religion and Ideology 12:3 (September 2011) 317-344
(with James Farney) “Ideology and Discipline in the Conservative Party of Canada” in J. Pammett and C. Dornan, eds., The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011)
“Canadian Evangelicals and Same-Sex Marriage” in C. Wilcox and D. Rayside, eds., Faith, Politics and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011)
"Bush/Harper? Canadian and American Evangelical Politics Compared" American Review of Canadian Studies, December 2009
Reviews and Op-Eds
Review of The Politics of Evangelical Identity by Lydia Bean in the Literary Review of Canada (March 2015)
"Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tory Evangelical Factor" The Globe and Mail (April 13, 2011)
Review of "The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada" and Tom Warner's "Losing Control: Canada's Social Conservatives in an Age of Rights" in the Literary Review of Canada (July 2010)
Also:
A more personal essay
Recent: "Canada's Marginal Christian Right" (July 2019 in The Conversation)
Scholarly publications and papers:
"Political opportunity structures, evangelical Christians, and morality politics in Canada, Australia and New Zealand" Australian Journal of Political Science 52:3 (2017).
“The Relationship Between the Conservative Party of Canada and Evangelicals and Social Conservatives” in J. Farney and D. Rayside, eds., Conservatism in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2013)
"Between America and Europe: Religion, Politics and Evangelicals in Canada” Politics, Religion and Ideology 12:3 (September 2011) 317-344
(with James Farney) “Ideology and Discipline in the Conservative Party of Canada” in J. Pammett and C. Dornan, eds., The Canadian Federal Election of 2011 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011)
“Canadian Evangelicals and Same-Sex Marriage” in C. Wilcox and D. Rayside, eds., Faith, Politics and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011)
"Bush/Harper? Canadian and American Evangelical Politics Compared" American Review of Canadian Studies, December 2009
Reviews and Op-Eds
Review of The Politics of Evangelical Identity by Lydia Bean in the Literary Review of Canada (March 2015)
"Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tory Evangelical Factor" The Globe and Mail (April 13, 2011)
Review of "The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada" and Tom Warner's "Losing Control: Canada's Social Conservatives in an Age of Rights" in the Literary Review of Canada (July 2010)
Also:
A more personal essay
