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Human Nuclear Genome Editing: A Paper by the National Council of Churches of Singapore
October 3, 2024 | By : ETHOS Institute
3 October 2024 Human Nuclear Genome Editing: A Paper by the National Council of Churches of Singapore (more…)
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
GOD’S “NO!”
December 2, 2024 | By : Dr Leow Theng Huat
Injustice is a Reality The human being can live under very severe conditions. But if there is something we find almost impossible to bear, it is injustice. When we look at situations where the evil prosper and the good suffer, something inside screams, “No!” Life, however, teaches us that injustice . . . . Continue Reading »
Pulse
The Far Right’s Two Christianities
December 2, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In July 2011, my wife, Serene, and I were in Norway to visit an old friend, a retired philosophy professor, who lives in Stavanger, and to spend some time in Oslo, the country’s capital. In the afternoon of 22 July, as we were just stepping out of a cake shop . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s Wrong with the Religious Far-Right?
November 18, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
On September 2, 2024, CNN reported that Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era. Indeed, across Europe there has been an unprecedented ascendency of far-right movements with radical-right political parties making significant gains in Parliament elections. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Call for Just Peace: The Middle East Conflict – One Year On
November 4, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
Last November, I published an article titled ‘Hamas-Israel War: A Clarion Call for Moral Clarity’, where I urged that our responses to the then-unfolding conflict between Israel and Hamas be grounded in a clear moral compass (https://ethosinstitute.sg/hamas-israel-war-a-clarion-call-for-moral-clarity/). A year later, I write again, this time calling for a just peace . . . . Continue Reading »
Credo
A healthy theology of healing
December 2, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
One of the most influential voices in the Word of Faith Movement is that of the late Kenneth Hagin, who has been described as the father of the movement. In his 1982 book, Must Christians Suffer?, Hagin presents his clearest teaching on the relationship between Christians and sickness based on . . . . Continue Reading »
The Right Meaning from the Wrong Text?
November 18, 2024 | By : Rev Dr Edmund Fong
At the lowest ebb of writer and theologian Christopher Yuan’s life, when he had just received the shocking news of being tested positive for HIV while serving his jail sentence, Christopher came across a note that someone had scribbled on the ceiling of his bunk bed. The note read: “If . . . . Continue Reading »
The Christmas hymn with no manger, angels or shepherds
November 4, 2024 | By : Dr Roland Chia
One of Charles Wesley's most endearing Christmas hymns is surely "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus", which was first published in Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord in 1745. The two stanzas of the hymn—comprising eight lines each—are replete with scriptural allusions. They include the notion of God as the . . . . Continue Reading »
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Check out the videos for 2024!
November 15, 2024 | By : ETHOS Institute
Check out the latest available videos at ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here! Check out the videos for the past events in the archives here.
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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Dear Readers,
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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