February 24, 2025 | By : ETHOS Institute
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
What is Critical Social Justice? An Anatomy of an Ideology This paper was presented at the TTC Faculty Colloquium on 26 July 2024 In recent decades, a new ideology has emerged which radically distorts received notions of justice which have their roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This new understanding of ....Continue Reading »
The version of this paper was presented at a Clergy Meeting of the Anglican Diocese in Singapore in 2014. I would like to thank Bishop Rennis Poniah for inviting me to speak on this topic. The same material was also presented at a Conference organised by the Chinese Annual Conference ....Continue Reading »
Digital Immortality? Mind Uploading and the quest for everlasting life ¿Inmortalidad digital? La transferencia mental y la búsqueda de la vida eterna Abstract The quest for immortality is probably as old as humankind itself. In recent decades a group of scientists and futurists who describe themselves as transhumanists has ....Continue Reading »
March 3, 2025 | By : Ps Charles Lee
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. In 2023, the London-based influencer, Sullen Carey, decided to marry herself, in a bold statement of self-love. She tried everything to make the marriage work and even attended couple therapy sessions alone. But she found herself deeply lonely. Citing the unsustainability of the relationship, . . . . Continue Reading »
April 21, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
A Christian critique of transhumanism can be approached from various angles. For example, it can examine the way in which transhumanists have so exalted the current and potential achievements of science and technology that they end up embracing a naïve scientism and technologism. One of the most important aspects of . . . . Continue Reading »
April 7, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him (Habakkuk 2:20) One of the more noticeable features of the modern Church – especially its Protestant / Evangelical expressions – is the erosion of the idea of sacred places or spaces. Architecturally, some modern churches . . . . Continue Reading »
March 17, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
We can say, without exaggeration, that one of the most worrying maladies that plague the inhabitants of the modern age is attention deficit. In many ways, this problem is so subtle that it often goes unnoticed – it escapes our attention (pun intended!). So do its serious and sometimes deleterious . . . . Continue Reading »
April 21, 2025 | By : Ps Leow Wen Pin
Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. (Amos 5:23–24, The Message Translation) As the above quote from the prophet Amos illustrates, God is deeply concerned about social justice. Indeed, even a casual read through of the Bible reminds us . . . . Continue Reading »
April 7, 2025 | By : Terence Ho
Editor's word: Over the three months of February, March and April 2025, we have invited guest writer Terence Ho to share with us his philosophical and theological musings and contemplations on the bigger questions and topics of life. Terence will share on his thoughts on the ideas of perfection (February), . . . . Continue Reading »
April 7, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In 1947, the famous British novelist, playwright and critic, Dorothy Sayers (1893–1957), made this sharp observation: In nothing has the Church so lost [h]er hold on reality as in [h]er failure to understand and respect the secular vocation. She has allowed work and religion to become separate departments, and is . . . . Continue Reading »
November 15, 2024 | By : ETHOS Institute
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October 26, 2021 | By : ETHOS Institute
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May 3, 2021 | By : ETHOS Institute
To watch the videos for this event, please go to ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here. Please click here to read the speech by Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law.
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