Douglas Farrow
Douglas Farrow is Professor of Theology and Ethics at McGill University in Montreal, where he works in theology, ethics, church/state and socio-political issues. Among his recent books are Ascension Theology (T&T Clark 2011), Desiring a Better Country: Forays in Political Theology (McGill-Queens 2015), and Theological Negotiations: Proposals in Soteriology and Anthropology (Baker Academic 2018). Professor Farrow has contributed to an international project on Christianity and Constitutionalism, and regularly engages in New York with the work of the Institute on Religion and Public Life and of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. In Canada he received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his contributions to public discourse on social issues.
Bio last modified January 28th, 2021.An Error Plagued Affront to Liberty
In Convivium’s series exploring the line between freedom and COVID-19 responses, Douglas Farrow argues Quebec’s curfew and lockdown cut off our noses to spite our masked faces.
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Ted Falk's Turning Point
May 15, 2018McGill Professor Douglas Farrow finds a moment of clarity in a Conservative MP’s shout across the House that abortion is “not a right” in Canada. But whether that will lead to clearer understanding, or only further obfuscation, remains to be seen, Farrow says.
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Time to Bury the Bulls of Donation
January 20, 2017Writer Douglas Farrow offers comment and critique on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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The Acid of Autonomy
June 1, 2016In an address to the Catholic Civil Rights League in Toronto at the beginning of June, McGill University theologian Douglas B. Farrow sets out a faithful response to suicide by secularism gone mad
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A Better Land for All
January 28, 2016In his new book, Desiring a Better Country, the author argues a well-ordered State requires some commitment to faith, not its suppression.
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What is Truth?
August 1, 2015In his convocation address to a private religious college, the holder of the Kennedy Smith Chair in Catholic Studies at McGill urges graduates to return to core Christian truths to go forward in the world.
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Remove Your Collar, Father
January 1, 2013Does the Quebec Court of Appeal's Loyola decision abolish religious freedom, Douglas Farrow asks.
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Asking the God Question
September 1, 2012Abandoning Canada's religious heritage, says Douglas Farrow, is the greatest threat to the country's existence.
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Quebec's Religious State
March 1, 2012If the Quebec government is compelling school kids to invent fantasy religions, is the endgame to have us all worshipping the state and nothing but the state?