Pulse
A series of socially-relevant articles by the Theological and Research Advisor of ETHOS Institute™, Dr Roland Chia.
2023
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- January 2, 2022 – Inconvenient Lessons from Bethel
- January 4, 2022 – Pope Benedict XVI: A Theological Tribute
2022
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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2019
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- 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
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2018
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- 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
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2017
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- 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
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2016
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- 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
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2015
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- 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
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2014
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- 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