Notes from a Byzantine-Rite Calvinist

I am pleased to report that my book, Citizenship Without Illusions , which has been out for just over a year, has been designated a finalist...

This past saturday, 29 November, an event was held to launch a new book:  The Intellectual Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977): A Hopefu...

As I have done every year for the past few years, I was privileged last friday morning (afternoon London time) to speak with the latest grou...

One of the more significant studies in my discipline of political science is Robert Putnam's award-winning  Making Democracy Work: Civic...

In chapter 1 of Political Visions and Illusions , I call into question the use of left and right as labels for identifying people's poli...

My Global Scholars newsletter for 2025 is now posted. Included this month are my thoughts on a controversial billboard, two podcast intervi...

Last week's conversation on Christian Nationalism has now been posted online. Listen here:

The recent tragic death of Charlie Kirk, the young founder of Turning Point USA, prompted these thoughts from me: Social media stardom . An ...

Tomorrow I will be participating in an online symposium titled, " An Evangelical's Guide to American Christian Nationalism ," ...

Cateclesia Forum has just published my article: MAGA Kuyper? Why the Dutch Polymath Would Not Wear the Hat . An excerpt: If the American nat...

Last week Allan R. Bevere interviewed me on the subject of my latest book, Citizenship Without Illusions . The interview, which forms a par...

A recent controversy over a billboard here in Hamilton prompted me to pen this article: Stop censoring unpopular speech . An excerpt: [T]he ...

I have now posted my Global Scholars Canada newsletter for October 2025 . This includes recent travels within Canada and to the US, a respon...

Three months ago I posted on a topic that has now been published in somewhat modified form in another venue:  ICE and the rule of law . An e...

My latest column in Christian Courier describes my boyish fascination with astronomy. In the print edition the title is "So Many Stars...

Anthony Bradley has been a great supporter of my work over the years, regularly assigning my first book to his students at the late and lam...

This week Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would be recognizing a "State of Palestine." Carney, in this statement ...

I have now posted my Global Scholars Canada newsletter for September . Included are an especially warm and positive review of my latest book...

A new review of my latest book recently appeared in Christian Scholar's Review . This one comes from my esteemed Calvin University coll...

Yves R. Simon Bob Sweetman, emeritus professor at Toronto's Institute for Christian Studies, has just posted a brief essay worth readin...

My Global Scholars newsletter for August is now posted. Included are two reviews of my latest book, an interview with a Canadian Tory, a mo...

Last evening, at the invitation of Stephen Lazarus, I spoke with this year's Cardus NextGen cohort of young people who are being mentor...

I've not spent a lot of effort exploring the origins of my exceedingly rare surname, but this is the best I can do: The last Koyzis . An...

Calvin Seerveld was the longtime senior member in aesthetic philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. I myself was a jun...

Bruce Barron, of Bruce's gently provocative thoughts , has published a lengthy review of Citizenship Without Illusions , under this titl...

In our era of social media, reasoned dialogue does not fare especially well. Too many of us are tempted to post short pithy memes containing...

Not long ago I interviewed Ron Dart, a retired academic at the University of the Fraser Valley on a subject about which he has written exten...

One more review of Citizenship Without Illusions has appeared at The Free Library website . It's a very brief review written by Alexand...

I have now posted my Global Scholars newsletter for July 2025 . Included is an interview on the subject of my second book, two brief article...

The recent wedding of our daughter and son-in-law prompted this reflection on a basic social institution: The good of marriage . An excerpt:...

Some weeks ago, Peter Bell interviewed me for a second time, primarily on the subject of my second book, We Answer to Another: Authority, Of...