by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 7, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 7 Jul 2025 Two of the most prescient books published in the first half of the last century are arguably Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (published in 1932) and George Orwell’s 1984 (first published in 1949). They envision how the invasion of two technologies...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 16, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 16 Jun 2025 In 2020, I published an article on this website on Dominionism entitled ‘The Dangerous Distortions of Dominion Theology’. In that article, I defined Dominionism, and explained carefully its main theological and political convictions and goals.[1] I...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 2, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 2 June 2025 For churches that include the recitation of the ancient creeds in their order of worship or liturgy, the most commonly used is surely the Apostles’ Creed (Symbol of the Apostles). Originating in the 4th or 5th century, the creed is used in the Latin...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 19, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 19 May 2025 The election of Robert Cardinal Francis Prevost as the 267th occupant of the Throne of Peter has prompted me to re-read Rerum Novarum, the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated in 1891. This is because the new pope has chosen ‘Leo XIV’ as his papal...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 5, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 5 May 2025 For many Protestant Christians, the Reformation of the 16th century was a monumental reform movement that profoundly impacted Western Christianity. The Reformation is seen primarily, if not exclusively, as an ecclesiastical and theological movement...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 21, 2025 | Pulse
Pulse 21 April 2025 A Christian critique of transhumanism can be approached from various angles. For example, it can examine the way in which transhumanists have so exalted the current and potential achievements of science and technology that they end up embracing a...