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Human Nuclear Genome Editing: A Paper by the National Council of Churches of Singapore
October 3, 2024 | By : ETHOS Institute
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
What is Critical Social Justice?: An Anatomy of an Ideology
August 1, 2024 | By : Dr Roland ChiaWhat 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 New Antinomianism: A Critique of the New Theology of Grace
June 3, 2024 | By : Dr Roland ChiaThe 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
January 1, 2024 | By : ETHOS InstituteDigital 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 »
Feature
Biblical Justice
October 7, 2024 | By : Rev Christopher Chan
Did you know that the Bible contains more than twice as many references to justice than references to prayer? Yet not many of us give significant attention to issues of justice, and even less of us invest time and energy to better understand biblical justice. Since justice is evidently important . . . . Continue Reading »
Pulse
What is Progressive Evangelicalism?
October 14, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
One of the most interesting developments in the current intense race for the White House by former President Donald Trump and vice-President Kamala Harris is the emergence of a group called ‘Evangelicals for Harris’. Speaking to Fox News, one of its key spokespersons, Rev Lee Scott said: We all want . . . . Continue Reading »
A Faithful Guardian of Roman Catholic Doctrine
October 7, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
On 19 September, William Cardinal Goh preached a sermon entitled ‘Establishing Our Faith in the Kerygma’, based on the lectionary readings taken from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (chapter 15). The fact that this sermon, with its emphasis on the kerygma, was delivered only days after Pope Francis . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian N̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶i̶s̶m Faithfulness
September 30, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
The evangelical Christians who support former president Donald Trump have often been characterised as adherents of ‘Christian nationalism’. This label is often associated with the religious far-right in the West, those whose religious commitments and loyalty to the nation are interwoven in a distinctive way. The term ‘Christian Nationalism’ can . . . . Continue Reading »
Credo
Reading, meditating, hearing and doing
October 7, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
Christians from across the different ecclesiastical traditions—Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant—believe that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim 3:16-17). The Church has always held the Bible to be the Word of God through which God and his purposes for the world are revealed. The different traditions . . . . Continue Reading »
Orthodoxy and the Rule of Faith in Early Christianity
September 16, 2024 | By : Dr Ng Kam Weng
There was no set of core beliefs which gained universal acceptance in the early church. In the absence of doctrinal consensus the different sects of Christianity competed with one another for influence. This audacious claim of Bart Ehrman is also held by many academics teaching in Western secular universities today. . . . . Continue Reading »
New Age seductions
September 2, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Centre, roughly six in ten American adults who self-identify as Christian hold at least one New Age belief, which includes a belief in reincarnation, astrology, psychics and the presence of spiritual aura or energy in certain physical objects.[1] Among American adults . . . . Continue Reading »
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December 21, 2023 | By : ETHOS Institute
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Videos for ETHOS Annual Conference 2021: The Triune God are now up!
October 26, 2021 | By : ETHOS Institute
To watch the videos for this event, please go to ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here!
Videos for ETHOS Conversation 2021: Religion and Politics in Singapore are now up!
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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Every month the ETHOS Institute publishes five articles on a variety of topics on its website. These articles have attracted many readers who find them informative and engaging.
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