A series of socially-relevant articles by the Theological and Research Advisor of ETHOS Institute™, Dr Roland Chia.

2024

• January 1, 2024 – Chatbots and Ethics
• January 15, 2024 – CARE BOTS
• February 15, 2024 – CHRISTIAN SECULARISM
• February 19, 2024 – RESPONSIBLE AI
• March 4, 2024 – MORAL MACHINES
• March 18, 2024 – AI AND HEALTHCARE
• April 1, 2024 – Christian Ethics and Cannibalism
• April 15, 2024 – AI AND DEMOCRACY
• May 6, 2024 – Dignitas Infinita
• May 20, 2024 – Conscious AI
• June 3, 2024 – The Militarisation of AI
• June 17, 2024 – Drug Trafficking and the Death Penalty: A Christian Perspective
• July 1, 2024 – TRANSHUMANISM AND TECHNOLOGISM
  
• July 15, 2024 – The Transhumanist Dream
  
• July 29, 2024 – ‘Gross Mockery’, ‘Offensive’, ‘Disrespectful’
• August 5, 2024 – The Digital Immortalization of the Dead: A Christian Perspective
  
• August 19, 2024 – Holy Indignation
• September 2, 2024 – IVF Frozen Embryos are Children: Alabama Supreme Court’s Stunning Ruling
• September 16, 2024 – ‘Every Religion is a Way to God’: Pope Francis’ Religious Pluralism

2023

• January 2, 2023 – Inconvenient Lessons from Bethel
• January 4, 2023 – Pope Benedict XVI: A Theological Tribute
• January 16, 2023 – Chosen Nation? A Critique of Christian Nationalism 
• January 25, 2023 – A Farcical Compromise
• February 6, 2023 – Christian Origins of Religious Liberty
• February 16, 2023 – Our ̶F̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ Parent Who Art in Heaven
• February 20, 2023 – Queering Jesus
• March 6, 2023 – Religious Liberty: A Modern Christian Statement
• March 20, 2023 – Money Matters
• April 3, 2023 – Doubting the Resurrection of Jesus
• April 17, 2023 – Bertrand Russell’s Anti-Christian Rhetoric
• May 1, 2023 – Fighting Fake News
• Jul 3, 2023 – Brief Reflections on the Anti-Ageing Movement
• Jul 17, 2023 – Culture of Death in Canada
• Aug 7, 2023 – Brief Reflections on the Anti-Ageing Movement
• Aug 21, 2023 – Artificial Gametes and Christian Ethics
• Aug 21, 2023 – Toilet Tyranny
• Sep 18, 2023 – Microaggression and Victimhood
• Oct 2, 2023 – Freezing the Soul: Some Reflections on Cryonics
• Oct 16, 2023 – The Legacy of J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937)
• Nov 6, 2023 – The Noahic Covenant and the Role of the State
• Nov 13, 2023 – After the Repeal
• Dec 4, 2023 – CRISPR and Ethics
• Dec 18, 2023 – The Wounds of Christ
• Dec 21, 2023 – Fiducia Supplicans: Reflections by a Protestant Theologian

2022

• January 3, 2022 – Woke
• January 17, 2022 – The God of the Scientists
• February 7, 2022 – Heidegger and Technology
• February 24, 2022 – Navigating the Metaverse
• March 7, 2022 – Digital Immortality?
• March 21, 2022 – Millennials and Religion
• April 4, 2022 – No-Fault Divorce and the Abolition of Marriage
• April 18, 2022 – Real Questions for the Virtual Church
• May 2, 2022 – Avatars and Identities
• May 16, 2022 – Christian Distortions of Daily Work
• June 6, 2022 – Future Warfare and the Battle for Ethics
• June 20, 2022 – The Other War
• July 4, 2022 – God and Guns
• July 18, 2022 – Cancel Culture
• August 1, 2022 – Overturned
• August 15, 2022 – Bodily Rights
• September 5, 2022 – Beyond Human
• September 19, 2022 – Radical Enhancement and Transhumanism 
• October 3, 2022 – Christianity and Magic
• October 17, 2022 – Progressive Christianity: A Primer
• November 7, 2022 – Religion & the Law 
• November 21, 2022 – A New Kind of Christianity?
• December 5, 2022 – Christianity without God
• December 19, 2022 – Christians for Climate Action

2021

• January 4, 2021 – Expanding the Scope of Assisted Suicide
• January 18, 2021 – Imitatio Christi
• February 1, 2021 – The Conversion Therapy Controversy
• February 15, 2021 – Meritocracy and Its Discontents
• March 1, 2021 – Robots, AI and Society
• March 15, 2021 – No Difference?
• April 5, 2021 – Fairness for All?
• April 19, 2021 – The Moral Status of the iBlastoid
• May 3, 2021 – The Transhumanist Future
• May 17, 2021 – Covid Vaccines and Abortion
• June 7, 2021 – The Colossian Predicament
• June 21, 2021 – What About The Land?
• June 28, 2021 – No Room for Complacency
• July 19, 2021 – Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life (ETI): Some Theological Reflections
• Aug 2, 2021 – The Medicalisation of Death and the Betrayal of Medicine
• Aug 16, 2021 – Enhancing Religious Life in Modern Plural Societies
• Aug 27, 2021 – The Warrenton Declaration: A Case of Chronic Trust Deficit?
• Sep 6, 2021 – Technopaganism
• Sep 20, 2021 – Politicising Identities
• Oct 4, 2021 – On Racial Harmony
• Oct 18, 2021 – Transgender Ideology: Incongruities and Dissonances
• Nov 1, 2021 – Religion, Secularism and Society
• Dec 6,  2021 – Once a Girl, Always a Boy
• Dec 20, 2021 – The Ethics of Animal-to-Human Transplant

2020

• January 6, 2020 – The Strange Unity of the Church
• January 20, 2020 – Almost Embryos? – The Moral Status of the Human ‘Embryoid’
• February 3, 2020 – Government, Society and the Church
• February 17, 2020 – Defending the Faith
• March 2, 2020 – The Politics of Easter
• March 16, 2020 – Beatitudinal Leadership
• April 6, 2020 – Faith and Pestilence
• April 20, 2020 – Faith or Folly?
• May 4, 2020 – Lament and Hope
• May 18, 2020 – Ethics and the Pandemic Triage
• June 1, 2020 – The Great Equaliser?
• June 15, 2020 – The Scourge of Racism
• July 6, 2020 – A New Iconoclasm?
• July 20, 2020 – Stop the Social Distancing!
• August 3, 2020 – Boon and Bane of AI
• August 17, 2020 – Worship, Music and Theology
• September 7, 2020 – Political Ideology and the Church: A Lesson from the Recent Past
• September 21, 2020 – The Dangerous Distortions of Dominion Theology
• October 5, 2020 – The Ethics of Human Challenge Studies
• October 19, 2020 – Suicide via Zoom
• November 2, 2020 – The Human-Monkey Chimera
• November 16, 2020 – Truth and Freedom
• December 7, 2020 – The Future of Bioethics in Singapore
• December 21, 2020 – Dancing with Monsters

2019

• January 7, 2019 – The Internet of Things: Ethical and Social Concerns
• January 21, 2019 – Clarifying Inter-faith Dialogue
• February 4, 2019 – Embryo Editing
• February 18, 2019 – Descent into Barbarity
• March 4, 2019 – Bettering Humans
• March 18, 2019 – Big Data, Ethics and Society
• April 1,  2019 – Far-Right Extremism
• April 15, 2019 – An Anatomy of Hate Speech
• May 6, 2019 – Words That Offend
• May 20, 2019 – Dignity, Respect and Speech
• June 3, 2019 – Marxism and Religion
• June 17, 2019 – Christianity and Marxism
• July 1, 2019 – Death by Organ Donation
• July 8, 2019 – Darkness Has Become My Companion
• July 15, 2019 – Vatican on Gender Theory
• August 5, 2019 – Arendt and ‘Organised Lying’
• August 19, 2019 – Liturgy and Life
• September 2, 2019 – Wojtyla, Berdyaev and Marxism
• September 16, 2019 – Unity, Diversity…and Exclusion
• October 7, 2019 – Bonhoeffer on Church and State (Part 1)
• October 21, 2019 – Bonhoeffer on Church and State (Part 2)
• November 4, 2019 – Bonhoeffer on Church and State (Part 3)
• November 18, 2019 – Bonhoeffer on Church and State (Part 4)
• December 2, 2019 – On Welcoming the Other
• December 16, 2019- Discipling the City

2018

• Jan 2, 2018 – Astro-Ethics
• Jan 15, 2018 – Trump’s Decision on Jerusalem
• Feb 5, 2018 – The Good Life
• Feb 20, 2018 – Migration and Justice
• Mar 5, 2018 – AI and Religion
• Mar 12, 2018 – On Christian Exclusivism
• Apr 2, 2018 – Gene Editing and Ethics
• Apr 16, 2018 – Worship and Witness
• May 7, 2018 – An Unholy Alliance
• May 21, 2018 – Hospitable Classrooms, Inclusive Society
• June 4, 2018 – In-Vitro Gametogenesis
• June 18, 2018 – Evolving Marriage
• July 2, 2018 – Liberal Authoritarianism
• July 16, 2018 – Back to the Basics
• August 6, 2018 – The Politicisation of Science
• August 20, 2018 – Body Dynamics
• September 3, 2018 – Nanotechnologies and Ethics
• September 17, 2018 – Non-optional Option
• October 1, 2018 – Populism and Democracy
• October 2, 2018 – A Sin Or A Crime? – On Legislating Morality
• October 22, 2018 – Loving Obedience
• November 5, 2018 – Normalizing Homosexuality: How Should Christians Respond?
• November 19, 2018 – Difficult Love
• December 3, 2018 – A Decent Society
• December 17, 2018 – Via Dolorosa

2017

• Jan 3, 2017 – Organs and Chimeras
• Jan 16, 2017 – Is it ethical?
• Feb 6, 2017 – Smiles from Reasons Flow
• Feb 20, 2017 – Designer Disability?
  
• Mar 6, 2017 – Ghost in the Machine
• Mar 20, 2017 – Islamophobia Phobia
• Apr 3, 2017 – Marriage as Covenant
• Apr 17, 2017 – Gender Chaos
  
• May 2, 2017 – Lebensunwertes Leben
• May 15, 2017 – The Betrayal of Medicine
• June 5, 2017 – Social Science and Its Limits
• June 19, 2017 – Post Truth Politics?
• July 3, 2017 – Mathematics and Reality
• July 17, 2017 – Art and Obscenity
• August 7, 2017 – The Third Sex
• August 21, 217 – Discrimination Against Christians
• September 4, 2017 – Serious Thoughts About Humour
• September 18, 2017 – Welcoming Worship
• October 2, 2017 – The Foreigner as Neighbour
• October 16, 2017 – Wesley Among the Fathers
• November 6, 2017 – Modern Slavery
• November 20, 2017 – Bonhoeffer and Discipleship
• December 4, 2017 – Sexbots
• December 18, 2017 – An Anatomy of Sexual Harassment

2016

• Jan 4, 2016 – Obligation to Future Generations
• Jan 18, 2016 – Our Common Home
• Feb 1, 2016 – Nanotechnology and Society
• Feb 15, 2016 – Not Just About Love
• Mar 7, 2016 – The God Particle?
• Mar 21, 2016 – The Fictionalised Self
• Apr 4, 2016 – Solidarity and Social Justice
• Apr 18, 2016 – Sordid Science
• May 3, 2016 – Cities and Human Flourishing
• May 16, 2016 – Catholic Bishops on Same-Sex Marriage
• Jun 6, 2016 – As Good As Dead
• Jun 20, 2016 – Who Is Responsible?
• Jul 4, 2016 – Satire and Responsible Journalism
• Jul 20, 2016 – Interrogating Multiculturalism
• Aug 1, 2016 – Art and Meaning
• Aug 15, 2016 – Bloody Witness
• Sep 5, 2016 – Interrogating Tolerance
• Sep 19, 2016 – Paganising Christianity
• Oct 3, 2016 – Mental Illness: A Christian Perspective
• Oct 17, 2016 – Secular Intolerance
• Nov 7, 2016 – Music and Morality
• Nov 21, 2016 – Religion, Public Discourse and the Common Good
• Dec 5, 2016 – The Gay Gene Re-Visited
• Dec 19, 2016 – The Human Face

2015

• Jan 5, 2015 – Extra Terrestrials
• Jan 20, 2015 – Zoophilia
• Feb 2, 2015 – Contending with Gaia
• Feb 16, 2015 – Ending The Scourge
• Mar 2, 2015 – Post-secularity
• Mar 16, 2015 – Beauty Eclipsed
• April 5, 2015 – Fabricating Life
• April 20, 2015 – Brain-Reading?
• May 3, 2015 – The Postmodern Turn
• May 17, 2015 – Whose Body? Whose Life? Whose Rights?
• June 1, 2015 – Secularism and Social Peace
• June 14, 2015 – Religion and Violence
• July 5, 2015 – The Medicalization of Society
• July 19, 2015 – Social Egg Freezing
• Aug 3, 2015 – AI and Society
• Aug 16, 2015 – Secularism and its Discontents
• Sep 6, 2015 – Morality, Democracy and Marriage
• Sep 21, 2015 – Three Adults and a Baby
• Oct 4, 2015 – Civil Society for the Common Good
• Oct 19, 2015 – The Limits of Freedom
• Nov 2, 2015 – Mind The Gap
• Nov 16, 2015 – Civilisation and Barbarism
• Dec 7, 2015 – Is the Universe Absurd?
• Dec 21, 2015 – Secular Neutrality

2014

• Sep 1, 2014 – Misguided Compassion
• Sep 15, 2014 – Religious Kitsch
• Oct 2, 2014 – Techno Sapiens
• Oct 20 – 2014 – Women In Ministry
• Nov 7, 2014 – The Rise of the Machines
• Nov 17, 2014 – Sacred Space
• Dec 1, 2014 – Entertaining Satan
• Dec 15, 2014 – Science and Wonders