by Ethos Institute | Sep 7, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
In recent years, academics here have been arguing that Singapore has to revise its social compact due to rapidly changing circumstances, both at home and globally. Founded on strong fundamentals – individual responsibility and self-reliance, economic growth and jobs...
by Ethos Institute | May 3, 2015 | Pulse
May 2015 Pulse ‘Postmodern’ is a word that seems to appear very frequently in both print and conversation these days. This dreadful coinage can be traced to the 1930s, but it was probably not until the 1970s that it began to receive wide and serious attention in...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
As society becomes increasingly secular, religion is slowly edged towards the periphery of public life and reduced to a private experience without any social implications. The Christian faith is intrinsically opposed to the privatisation of religion because of its...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24). Since time immemorial philosophers and thinkers of every stripe have reflected on the meaning of justice. At around 380 BC, Plato wrote his magnificent...
by Ethos Institute | Mar 2, 2015 | Feature
March 2015 Feature Article Whenever there is a discussion on the obligations of Christians towards the state, a key saying of Jesus is invariably cited. The most well-known rendition of it is found in the King James’ Version of the Bible: “Render to Caesar the things...
