by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 19, 2017 | Pulse
June 2017 Pulse Last November, Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” as the international word for the year 2016. So significant is this expression that Oxford Dictionaries’ Casper Grathwohl even said it could become “one of the defining words of our time”....
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 21, 2016 | Pulse
November 2016 Pulse Without doubt, one of the most important – if highly contentious – ideas in political and social philosophy today is that of the common good. Although the idea is once again in vogue in recent public and academic discourse, its origins can be...
by Dr Greg Clarke | Aug 1, 2016 | Feature
August 2016 Feature Article When we speak of ‘culture’, what do we mean? It is a notoriously slippery term, especially so when an Australian is writing for an unseen global readership! Culture can be ‘your culture’, ‘my culture’ or ‘our culture’. It can be as broad or...
by Ethos Institute | Oct 4, 2015 | Feature
October 2015 Feature Article From the “culture wars” and heated debates over casinos, abortion, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) issues, to evangelistic efforts and charitable works, many wonder what the proper relationship between religion and state...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 7, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
In Paul’s epistle to the Church in Rome, we find the most profound statement in the New Testament on the role of the state or government. The Apostle teaches that governing authorities have been instituted by God to establish social order and justice (Romans 13:4-15)....
