Preston Manning is a Senior Fellow of Regent College's Marketplace Institute. He was one of the principal founders of the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance, serving as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament from 1997-2000. He has spoken extensively on faith and politics.
Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves
Speaker(s): Preston Manning
Date: 2003
Length: 8:16:23
Product ID: RGDL3307S
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Description
In this course, Preston Manning draws upon his fifteen years of integrating his faith with political life in Canada - as a leader of a federal political party, a Member of Parliament, and leader of the Opposition. Topics covered include faith as a guide for political action, relations between faith-based institutions and the institutions of politics and government, the representation of secular and faith-based interests in the political and parliamentary arena, the wise management of the interface between faith and politics, and examples of wisdom and foolishness in the management of this interface. Lectures include:
- A Question of Knowing
- A Question of Doing
- Resolving Political Conflict as Christians
- Wrapping It Up
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