Publications

Books & Monographs

• 210° Celsius: 16 Ways the Trucker Protest Ignited Canada for the Long Haul (Forthcoming, 2023)
• Rights and Conscience (LexisNexis, 2023), co-editor with Angus Menuge
• The Inherence of Human Dignity, Vol 1: Foundations of Human Dignity (Anthem Press, 2021), co-editor with Angus Menuge
• The Inherence of Human Dignity, Vol 2: Dignity, Law and Religious Liberty (Anthem Press, 2021)
• The Status of Religion and the Public Benefit in Charity Law (Anthem Press, 2020)
• The Legal Revolution Against the Accommodation of Religion: The Secular Age v. The Sexular Age, PhD Dissertation, University of Leiden (2019)
• Religion, Liberty and the Jurisdictional Limits of Law (LexisNexis, 2017), co-editor with Iain T. Benson
• Should I Fight? Essays on Conscientious Objection and the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Guardian Books, 2011)
• Editor of Fides et Libertas for 2008–2009, 2010, 2011 issues (The Journal of the International Religious Liberty Association)

Law Review Articles & Chapters

• “A response to the political argument against religious conscience,” International Journal of Religious Freedom, vol 13:1/2 (2020)
• “Not Set in Stone: Constitutional Religious Rights and Direct Democracy in Canada,” in Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level, IGI Global (2022)
• “Responding to Limitations of the Public Square,” International Journal for Religious Freedom, vol 10:1/2 (2017)
• “Human Dignity Found in Religious Community,” in The Inherence of Human Dignity, Volume 2 (Anthem Press, 2021)
• “Contagion: Government Fear of Religion During the COVID-19 Crisis” (2020) Revista General de Derecho Canónico y Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado
• “Blazing the Path: Freedom of Conscience as the Prototypical Right” (2020) 98 Supreme Court Law Review (2d)
• “The Independence of Judicial Conscience” (2019) 9:2 Journal of Christian Legal Thought
• “The Canada Summer Jobs Debate and the Democratic Decline” (2019) 91 Supreme Court Law Review (2d)
• “The Law of Intervention After the TWU Law School Case” (2019) 90 Supreme Court Law Review (2d)
• “The Right of Religious Hospitals to Refuse Physician-Assisted Suicide” (2018) 85 Supreme Court Law Review (2d)
• “The Legal Revolution Against the Place of Religion: The Case of Trinity Western University Law School” (2017) Brigham Young University Law Review
• “The Charter Is Not a Blueprint for Moral Conformity” (2017) 79 Supreme Court Law Review (2d)
• “Rights Inflation: Attempts to Redefine Marriage and the Freedom of Religion” (2016–17) Regent University Law Review
• “Fatal Attraction: Politics, Partisanship and Religion,” in Church and Society: Missiological Challenges (Andrews University, 2015)
• “Humbug! Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objectors in WWII standing before the Mobilization Board” (2012) Diversity Magazine (Ontario Human Rights Commission)
• “Religious Freedom in the Obama Administration: Seeking the Common Ground” (2008–2009) Fides et Libertas

Selected Editorials

• “For Whom the Bell Tolls: Jordan Peterson and Us All,” The Epoch Times (Aug 2023)
• “Courts Should Uphold Constitutionally Protected Rights,” The Epoch Times (Aug 2023)
• “The Cruel Suppression of Tamara Lich's Freedom of Speech,” The Epoch Times (Oct 2022)
• “Why Supreme Court got it right in extending the wall,” The Lawyer's Daily (Jun 2021)
• “Contagion: Government fear of Religion During COVID-19 Pandemic,” The Lawyer's Daily (Nov 2020)
• “With Ontario court's ruling on doctors, the revolution continues,” The National Post (May 2019)
• “The Liberals don't get why religious Canadians refuse to submit to their political dictates,” The National Post (Mar 2018)
• “What the fuss about ticking a box on the Canada Summer Jobs application is about,” Canadian Lawyer Magazine (Feb 2018)
• “Courts have no business reviewing religious decisions,” The National Post (Nov 2017)
• “On assisted dying, government should respect the beliefs of religious hospitals,” The National Post (Mar 2016)
• “The case for the Office of Religious Freedom,” The National Post (Feb 2016)

Book Reviews

• Review of Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society, ed. Douglas Farrow (2007) Journal of Church and State
• Review of Hope for a Global Ethic, by Brian D. Lepard (2006–2007) Journal of Law and Religion
• Review of The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper, by Lloyd Mackey (2006–2007) Journal of Law and Religion
• Review of Family Transformed, by Steven M. Tipton & John Witte, Jr. (2006) Journal of Church and State
• Review of Religious Liberty in America, by Louis Fisher (2004) Journal of Church and State
• Review of Legislating Morality, by Lucinda Peach (2003) Journal of Church and State
• Review of From Civil to Political Religion, by Marcela Cristi (2003) Journal of Church and State
• Review of School Prayer and Discrimination, by Frank S. Ravitch (2000) Journal of Church and State

Case Commentary

• “Law Matters but Politics Matter More: The Supreme Court of Canada and Trinity Western University” (2018) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
• “Space Enough for a Christian Law School” (2015) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion

Case Notes — Oxford Journal of Law and Religion

• Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada: 2018 SCC 33
• Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University: 2018 SCC 32
• Trinity Western University v The Law Society of British Columbia 2016 BCCA 423
• The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society v Trinity Western University 2016 NSCA 59
• Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada 2016 ONCA 518
• Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada [2015] ONSC 4250
• Trinity Western University v The Law Society of British Columbia 2015 BCSC 2326
• Trinity Western University v Nova Scotia Barristers' Society [2015] NSSC 25
• Mouvement laïque québécois v Saguenay (City) 2015 SCC 16

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