Course Description

Ethical issues arise in today’s world as a result of the rapid and far-reaching changes caused by movements like globalisation, and the increased sophistication and pervasiveness of technology in all of life. Issues arise for Christians because our values are at variance with the world’s. Thus, Christians need a theological framework which can guide thought and action and develop Christian character.

By way of readings, discussions and case studies, this course provides a framework within which Christians can make moral choices especially for ethical issues such as those related to the beginning and end of life, sexuality, marriage and family, wealth and poverty.

This is a 1.5cr course.

Register

  • Location

    Online via Zoom

  • Dates

    Thursday
    Jan 12
    Feb 2, 16
    Mar 2, 16, 30

    Closing Date for Registration:
    Jan 9, 2023

  • Time

    7:15–10.00PM

Instructor

Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok

Lecturer in Missiology and Integrative Studies

Dr Kwa Kiem-Kiok is BGST’s Registrar and Lecturer in Missiology and Integrative Studies. She brings her legal and theological training, and experience from the marketplace, church, and para-church organizations into this role. Previously, a Lecturer and Registrar at the East Asia School of Theology, she taught a variety of courses in inter-cultural studies there. She has published on a diverse range of subject including a contextual commentary on Matthew (ATA, 2017). She contributed to the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Zondervan, 2011), and on religious harmony in Faith in an Age of Terror (BGST, 2018). She recently co-edited Missions in Southeast Asia (ATA, Langham, 2022). She and her husband, a Methodist pastor, enjoy walking in the outdoors.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

  • 2

    Topic 1 : Lived Faith: The Challenge of Christian Ethics

    • Lived Faith : The Challenge of Christian Ethics

    • Lived Faith Lecture Notes

    • Lecture 1 questions
  • 3

    Topic 2 Lived Faith: The Biblical Logic of Christian Ethics

    • Biblical Logic of Christian Ethics Pt I

    • Biblical Logic of Christian Ethics Pt II

    • Biblical Logic of Christian Ethics Pt III

    • Biblical Logic of Christian Ethics Notes

    • Lecture 2 Questions
  • 4

    Topic 3 Biblical Ethics 1: Old Testament and Ethics

    • Old Testament and Ethics Pt I

    • Old Testament and Ethics Pt II

    • Old Testament and Ethics Pt III

    • Old Testament and Ethics Pt IV

    • Old Testament and Ethics Pt V

    • Old Testament and Ethics notes

    • Lecture 3 questions
  • 5

    Topic 4 Biblical Ethics 2: New Testament and Ethics

    • New Testament and Ethics Pt I

    • New Testament and Ethics Pt II

    • New Testament and Ethics Pt III

    • New Testament and Ethics Pt IV

    • New Testament and Ethics Pt V

    • New Testament and Ethics Lecture Notes

    • Christian Moral Decisions (Supplementary Notes)

    • Lecture 4 questions
  • 6

    Topic 5 Relational Ethics: Marriage, Family and Sexuality

    • Relational Ethics Pt I

    • Relational Ethics Pt II

    • Relational Ethics Pt III

    • Relational Ethics Pt IV

    • Relational Ethics Pt V

    • Relational Ethics Lecture Notes

    • Lecture 5 questions

  • 7

    Topic 6 Political Ethics: Political Authority, Civil Disobedience, War and Peace

    • Political Ethics Pt I

    • Political Ethics Pt II

    • Political Ethics Pt III

    • Political Ethics Pt IV

    • Political Ethics Pt V

    • Political Ethics Lecture Notes

    • Pacifism War and Peacemaking ( supplementary notes)

    • Ten Practices for Peacemaking ( supplementary notes )

    • Lecture 6 questions

  • 8

    Evaluation Form

    • Evaluation Form
  • 9

    Assignment submission

    • 40%. IP – Integrative Paper

    • 30%. RF – Weekly Journal Reflections