by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Should Christians engage in inter-faith dialogue? FOR some Christians, inter-faith dialogue is to be discouraged and even scrupulously avoided because it smacks of compromise and syncretism. In a recent survey entitled, “Negotiating Christianity with Other Religions:...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
What is the Christian understanding of the economic order? THE tumultuous events on Wall Street in recent times and their rippling events throughout the world has led some to lose confidence in the American economy and its financial system, others to debate the extent...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
What should be the Christian perspective on the secular State? PERHAPS the best place to begin one’s reflection on what might be called a Christian theology of the state is Romans 13:1-7. Paul begins with a categorical injunction that “everyone must submit himself to...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
What is the Christian perspective on human rights? THE modern concept of human rights is historically rooted in deism whose concept of God and human autonomy are radically at odds with the teachings of the Bible and the Christian Faith. Christian theologians have long...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
How should Christians respond to the growing influence of secularism? THE WORD “SECULAR” comes from the Latin saecularis which means of an age or of a generation. This term points to concern for this world and for the affairs of our time as opposed to other-worldly...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Should Christians be patriotic? Can patriotism be Christian? WEBSTER DEFINES PATRIOTISM as the “zealous love of one’s country”. It follows that a patriot is a “person who loves his native country and will do all he can for it”, and that a patriotic act is one that is...
