Editing Michael Coren (section)

{{Short description|British-Canadian writer and clergyman}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
| name         = Michael Coren
| image        = Michael Coren at SMC (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Coren in 2010
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1959|01|15|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Walthamstow]], [[Essex]], England
| occupation   = Author, columnist, talk show host
| nationality  = British, Canadian
| alma_mater   = [[University of Nottingham]]<br />[[City University, London]]<br />[[Trinity College, Toronto]]
| notable_works = {{unbulleted list|''As I See It''|''C.S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia''|''Why Catholics Are Right''|''J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings''}}
| signature    =
| website      = {{URL|http://www.michaelcoren.com}}
|spouse={{marriage|Bernadette<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216122413/http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/04/16/in-his-new-book-michael-coren-does-battle-with-enemies-of-catholicism/ In his new book, Michael Coren does battle with enemies of Catholicism], ''[[National Post]]'', 16 April 2011</ref>|1987}}
| children = 4
| relatives = [[Alan Coren]] (cousin)<br />[[Giles Coren]]<br />(first cousin once removed)<br />[[Victoria Coren Mitchell]]<br />(first cousin once removed)
}}
'''Michael Coren''' (born 15 January 1959) is a British-Canadian writer and clergyman. A long-time television personality, Coren hosted ''[[The Michael Coren Show]]'' on the [[Crossroads Television System]] from 1999 to 2011 before moving to the [[Sun News Network]] to host ''The Arena with Michael Coren'',<ref>[http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/28/michael-coren-to-deliver-straight-talk "Michael Coren to deliver 'straight talk': Talk show star to join Sun News Network prime-time lineup"], ''Toronto Sun'', 28 June 2011</ref> from 2011 until the channel's demise in early 2015.<ref name=finalend>{{cite news|title=Sun News Network goes off the air|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/sun-news-network-going-off-the-air-on-friday-sources/article22978387/|access-date=13 February 2015|work=The Globe and Mail|date=13 February 2015}}</ref> He has also been a long-time radio personality, particularly on Toronto talk radio station [[CFRB]]. Coren is currently a columnist for the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' and ''[[iPolitics]]''.

He has written more than ten books, including biographies of [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[C. S. Lewis]]. His latest books are ''Heresy: Ten Lies They Spread About Christianity'' (2012), ''The Future of Catholicism'' (2013), ''Hatred: Islam's War on Christianity'' (2014), ''Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Heart & Mind over Same-Sex Marriage'' (2016) and ''The Rebel Christ'' (2021).