Intensive Classes – Nov/Dec 2021

Posted by jonathan on November 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment

EAST is committed to offering as best a learning experience as possible whether online, onsite, or concurrently. We are offering our full value courses free from tuition fees for audit students (i.e. not for credit) as part of the GLO@EAST promotion. Registration fee of S$40 is still payable upon sign–up to confirm your place. Registration deadline for intensive classes is Friday, 19 November 2021.

“Online” courses will have synchronous sessions held only online. “Concurrent” courses are held onsite and online simultaneously. Singapore residents who are taking the course for credit can only take the course onsite. Audit students must choose either onsite or online for the duration of the course.

Engaging with Religious Identity (Concurrent)

IS571, 3 credits
24 November – 3 December (from Wednesday to the following Friday excluding Saturday and Sunday)
9.00 am-5.00 pm
This course explores the dimensions of religious identity and the various ways these are experienced by the adherents or practitioners of Chinese religious traditions in their lived experiences. Through a deeper understanding and appreciation of these dimensions, common space will hopefully be enlarged for the co-existence of different religious identities in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Singapore and beyond.

Daniel Low, PhD, currently serves as Vice President Academic Affairs at William Carey International University. Prior, he held positions at Biola University, Concordia University Chicago, and Raffles Christian School Jakarta. A passionate researcher of developments within Chinese religious traditions in Singapore, his dream is to see sustainable and meaningful conversations between followers of Jesus and practitioners of these traditions.

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ETHOS Annual Conference 2021: The Triune God

Posted by jonathan on September 28, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Dr Lewis Winkler, EAST Resident Faculty, spoke on Zoom at the ETHOS Annual Conference on the theme of the Triune God (25 September 2021). He is a lecturer in theological and historical studies.

Dr Winkler singled out the theological concept of perichoretic love as a means to enhance a deeper understanding of the Trinity. See the video below for the talk by Dr Winkler.

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Singapore National Day Parade 2021

Posted by jonathan on August 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment

The theme for Singapore National Day Parade 2021 (NDP2021) is “Together Our Singapore Spirit.” It was postponed this year due to COVID-19 “Heightened Alert” restrictions to 21 August 2021 (traditionally it was held on the National Day, 9th August). It was very well done even with the constraints of the parade’s rehearsals and performance being executed with safe management measures in place. We pray for a Singapore spirit that reflects the righteous compassion of Psalm 33:12 and practice the merciful justice of Micah 6:8.

According to the “live” broadcast blurb, NDP2021 is about the “Singapore Spirit.” Through three locally produced animated short films, “the show captures the pain of isolation and hardship experienced by several individuals, the struggles they faced to survive and the friends they made that helped them triumph.” The NDP is thus a reflection on Singapore’s past and a review of the way ahead.

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