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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 : 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
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE?
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 »
Pulse
Attention
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 »
Aquamation: A Christian Perspective
March 3, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
About two years ago, The Guardian reported that ‘The Church of England is to consider backing more environmentally-friendly methods of disposing of dead bodies, including water cremation and human composting.’ Water cremation – also known as aquamation and alkaline hydrolysis – is a water-based final disposition process which uses a . . . . Continue Reading »
Reimagining the Godhead: William Lane Craig’s Altered Trinity
February 17, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In his article entitled ‘Is God the Son Begotten in His Divine Nature?’ published in TheoLogica (2018), the American philosopher William Lane Craig argues that the begetting of the Son by the Father ‘enjoys no clear scriptural support and threatens to introduce an objectionable ontological subordinationism into the doctrine of . . . . Continue Reading »
Credo
Is There Any Point in Reading Ecclesiastes?
March 17, 2025 | By : Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon
The average Christian may not appreciate much of what is written in the book of Ecclesiastes. They may not have personally read the book. Preachers who preach from the book usually confine themselves to a select few passages, such as chapter 3 on time and the seasons for everything or . . . . Continue Reading »
A faithful and unchanging God
March 3, 2025 | By : Dr Roland Chia
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ~ Lamentations 3:22-23 The new year has dawned upon a world that remains restive and anxious. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine . . . . Continue Reading »
Contemplating Permanence
March 3, 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 »
Videos
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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