by Ethos Institute | Sep 7, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
‘It is finished’ is the sixth of the seven words of Christ on the cross. From the late eighteenth century, meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the cross became a very popular form of devotion. In some churches today, the last words of Jesus are heard in...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
For more than a decade I have made it a point during the holy week to listen to all of the extant Passions of the brilliant Baroque composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, and also his magnificent Easter Oratorio on Resurrection Sunday. Not only was Bach a musical genius who...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
As I write this essay, a woman’s body is shutting down from starvation and dehydration because of the decision made by her husband and a court order issued by Florida judge, George Greer. Terri Schiavo collapsed on 25 February, 1990, when her heart stopped...
by Ethos Institute | Aug 3, 2015 | Feature
August 2015 Feature Article There was a season in world history when excessive confidence and trust was conferred on science, technology, and the place of the mind. At the same time, suspicion and cynicism was directed at spirituality, subjectivity, and the place of...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). In its May 12, 2014 post, Mail Online reported that an 85 year old Italian woman paid €10,000 to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland to help her to commit suicide because she was ‘unhappy about losing her looks’....
