by ETHOS Institute | Sep 20, 2021 | Pulse
September 2021 Pulse ‘We made a conscious determination to be multiracial, multi-religious, and that no one would be squatted upon on account of racial or religious beliefs. That commitment to our people will not waver … We should not allow it to waver, and we must...
by Dr Roland Chia | Sep 6, 2021 | Pulse
September 2021 Pulse There is a growing body of literature on religion online, the phenomena which takes advantage of the digital age and all its affordances to create religious communities in cyberspace where members ‘congregate’ to take part in religious rituals or...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 27, 2021 | Pulse
2021 Pulse The coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the world for twenty months, has brought a number of profound theological and ethical issues to the surface. These issues range from the question of the sovereignty of God to ethical questions regarding the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 16, 2021 | Pulse
August 2021 Pulse This article is a slightly revised version of an address I gave at an international conference on ‘The Future of Faith: Religious Values in a Plural World’ on 7 November 2018, organised by MUIS in celebration of its 50th anniversary. INTRODUCTION Dr...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 2, 2021 | Pulse
August 2021 Pulse In 2017, Victoria became the first state in Australia to legalise physician-assisted dying when MPs voted in its favour after more than 100 hours of debate across both houses of Parliament. Speaking to reporters, Victoria’s Premier, Daniel Andrews,...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 19, 2021 | Pulse
Pulse In 2015, I wrote a brief article for this website which examines what might be the implications for Christians should there be conclusive evidence that extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETI) does exist in our vast universe. The recent report issued by the...