by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 20, 2018 | Pulse
February 2018 Pulse Our world is currently facing a displacement crisis at an unprecedented scale. In 2015 alone, more than 65 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict and persecution, over half of whom are under the age of 18. This tally is...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 5, 2018 | Credo
February 2018 Credo Recently, Pope Francis approved the move to change the English translation of a petition in the Lord’s Prayer. The change is made to the sixth petition from ‘Lead us not into temptation’ to ‘Don’t let me fall into temptation’. Suggesting that the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 5, 2018 | Pulse
February 2018 Pulse I think it is true to say that every single human being – irrespective of his or her cultural background or worldview – is in pursuit of the good life. But when we probe what exactly is meant by ‘the good life’, we will get radically different...
by Dr Leow Theng Huat | Feb 5, 2018 | Feature
February 2018 Feature Concern over a Resurgent Religiosity Every now and then, we hear persons expressing concern about the rising religiosity in Singapore and throughout the world. These commentators warn us that such a trend presents a significant threat to the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 15, 2018 | Pulse
January 2018 Pulse On 6 December 2017, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to relocate the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. This move not only overturned more than seventy years of US Foreign Policy. It also has...