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Statement by NCCS on Foreign Interference in the Singapore General Election
April 26, 2025 | By : ETHOS Institute
The National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) is alarmed and deeply concerned by reports of foreign interference in Singapore’s General Election. Such interference strikes at the heart of our nation’s sovereignty and compromises the integrity of the democratic process. (more…)
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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 : Dr Roland ChiaDigital 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 »
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LIQUID MODERNITY AND THERAPEUTIC SEXUAL IDENTITY
May 5, 2025 | By : Dr Ng Kam Weng
A) From Mimesis of Sacred Order to Autonomous Human Poiesis Since antiquity, society has acknowledged that there exists a natural order of law and morals. Life is best lived when it is lived in accordance with the embedded order of nature. In ancient Greece, the Stoics taught that man must . . . . Continue Reading »
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Justice and Peace for All: Pope Leo XIV and the Legacy of Rerum Novarum
May 19, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
The election of Robert Cardinal Francis Prevost as the 267th occupant of the Throne of Peter has prompted me to re-read Rerum Novarum, the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated in 1891. This is because the new pope has chosen ‘Leo XIV’ as his papal name, thereby bringing him into . . . . Continue Reading »
The Reformation and Modern Democracy
May 5, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
For many Protestant Christians, the Reformation of the 16th century was a monumental reform movement that profoundly impacted Western Christianity. The Reformation is seen primarily, if not exclusively, as an ecclesiastical and theological movement because of its fundamental theological principles. These principles are encapsulated in the famous five solas – . . . . Continue Reading »
More than Human?
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 »
Credo
Reclaiming Christian Freedom
May 19, 2025 | By : Dr Khaw Siew Ping
Introduction In 2022, exvangelical[1] pastor Brandon Flanery published the findings of a survey he conducted with 1050 Christians who had left the faith.[2] When asked “What does your current existential framework offer you that your previous one did not?” the most common answer was “Freedom”.[3] Indeed, on the one hand, . . . . Continue Reading »
Saints in the marketplace
May 5, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In the past few decades, there has been an avalanche of excellent books on marketplace ministry such as Every Good Endeavour: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World (2012) by the late Timothy J. Keller,[1] and The Kingdom of God in Working Clothes: The Marketplace and the Reign . . . . Continue Reading »
Righting Wrongs: Correcting Deficient Views of Social Justice
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 »
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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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