One of the most problematic issues today is the concept of “self ”. The history of modern philosophy has always been struggling between the ambition of comprehending the objective reality of the universe ‘out there’ and its indispensable anthropocentric bias ‘in here’. Indeed Western modern philosophy had been characterised by the primacy of the self as the rational “subject…
Sounds, songs, images, ‘image’, and moving pictures, when creating space and filling up time will unleash the hidden verve of imagination. Not only to the mystics and those who have their own religion, these ‘imagerial’ realities always bring necessary interruptions to the most non-spiritual people on earth. Our senses are no more of a lesser degree for any philosophical discourse. In t…
Salvation. Is it a term for theologians or philosophers? Everyone wants to be saved. But from what? When it comes down to the ‘what’ which we want to be saved from, we do not think about the lens anymore to look at the term. Being human is the reason. Thus any discipline can and in fact must talk about how our humanity can be saved. Whatever profession we are doing right now is an opportuni…
Suffering is a reality experienced by every human being as an integral part of their life. As part of one’s life, suffering is inevitable. Some people whose faith in the benevolent God has been shaken by their worst suffering ask the question: “Why does not God eliminate suffering if He is gracious and omnipotent?” This article sheds light on the problem of suffering using the Scriptures …
Images are playing the game through ethics and religion. In redefining our relation to each of the philosophical and theological fields, images are flying around and waiting to be connected by our imagination. Connecting images and interpreting the narratives behind the phenomena are what keep discourses alive. And this cannot be done alone. We need a community which, in the world today, is gro…