Is Justice Possible? – Pre-Lecture Discussion

Synopsis Journalist Jennifer Lin will discuss Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family, a heartrending family memoir that follows the course of five generations of the Lin family. From the first convert in a fishing village in coastal Fujian to an Ivy League-educated Anglican priest and the independent religious leader Watchman Nee, the trajectory of…

Denis Alexander provides an engaging approach to the question of what it means to be human. With insights from genetics, philosophy and theology, Alexander shows that contemporary science is a gift to natural theology and that theology and science can indeed learn from and support one another. About the talk The old, bad days of…

All scientists know that they are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards in their research, and discoveries are continually being made that require considerable ethical reflection with respect to their application. But is science itself an intrinsically positive enterprise from an ethical perspective? And which ethical principles should we prioritise in the applications of…

Does globalization need the wisdom of world religions? Globalization enables the flourishing of human lives, yet its “losers” often cannot satisfy their basic needs, while its “winners” often find that they don’t lead meaningful lives. Religions can exacerbate the situation, creating further division, yet their wisdom can enable humanity to reach beyond itself to others…

Some would argue that you have to sell your soul to succeed in business. This raises the question whether faith and work are fundamentally opposing forces or potentially complementary resources? Is the concept of integrating faith and work beneficial to the bottom line or is it a distraction from the business of business? As globalization…