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This paper explores ethical concerns and existential risks associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies through the lens of C. S. Lewis’s thought. Over the last decade, technological breakthroughs have significantly increased the impact of narrow AI technologies across nearly all domains of human life and accelerated the timeline for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Consequently, AI … Read more
Watchman Nee (1903–1972) founded the Little Flock (or the Local Churches) in 1921. Under his relatively short ministry (1921–1952), the Little Flock increased dramatically in mainland China. The only churches he established outside China were in Malaysia (1924) and Singapore (1925). However, this does not mean that his theology in general, and his Christology in … Read more
The greatest need for the church today is renewal, and to paraphrase the apostle Paul, how will there be renewal without preaching? Though typically considered for his theological work, Jonathan Edwards’ preaching is still a model of preaching for renewal. Building on the Puritan doctrine of experimental preaching, Edwards famously wrote that preaching to the … Read more
Richard Bauckham (1998) has argued for the category of ‘divine identity’ as a way of recognizing Jesus’s early identification with Yhwh. In connection with the designations of God as Creator and Ruler, early Jewish temple and purity practices in relation to God as the holy divine sovereign further imply a particular way of recognizing his … Read more
Introduction to the Problem: Any attempt toward presenting a thorough history of interpretation of the impartation of the Spirit in John 20:22 will quickly face the difficulty of categorizing the various views within a satisfactory taxonomy (my own attempt at this may be found in Rosen, The Meaning and Redemptive-Historical Significance of John 20:22 [Peter … Read more
In New Testament times, sick people seem to have experienced varying degrees of socio-religious marginalization. Those suffering from skin diseases and certain demon-possessed persons were isolated more than others, due to matters of purity and contagiousness (Kazen, 2021). Furthermore, illness in general counted as a disvalued state of being which could, according to Pilch, also … Read more
AI social robots are a lesser-known technology with uncertain but seemingly compelling potential. For decades, modern culture has portrayed AI social robots as threats to human primacy in healthcare. Robots in healthcare represent one of the most intriguing and morally challenging applications of new technologies in healthcare scenarios. Advancements in robotics and AI to support … Read more
This paper first presents Luke’s use of “the Way” as deriving from the book of Proverbs, dismantling previous suggestions of the referent as the Dead Sea Scrolls and even the book of Isaiah. Second, the paper discusses how “the Way” is used polemically, utilizing insider and outsider language. In a sense, Luke uses “the Way” … Read more
Norwegian theologian Halvor Moxnes argues that “household and families are not objective facts, they are social systems that are human constructions. As cultural constructs they are given ‘meanings’” (Constructing Early Christian Families, 2002, 18). In this view, the household is a historically contingent reality, a human institution that is always embedded within, informed by and … Read more
Globalization has normalized the mixing of diverse ethnicities, cultures, and communities within a broader society in ways which public policy terms multiculturality and which Vertovec (2014) described as superdiversity or hyperdiversity. The consequent constant proximity of diverse forms of difference creates the opportunity and challenge of discovering or creating shared values which can adequately form … Read more