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A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE LIFE SCIENCES


THE CHURCH supports life and for years Christians have been involved in the advancement of science, medicine and health care. Recent progress in the life sciences, on the one hand. promises possible cures for genetic diseases; but on the other hand, raises issues about our definitions of life and about being human beings. As Christians standing between these two worlds of the modern scientific enterprise and the tradition of the church, A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE LIFE SCIENCE presents the findings of the Life Sciences Study Group convened by the National Council of Churches of Singapore.


This book provides both a basic background to life sciences, as well as Christian ethical foundations. Other chapters then build on these to deal with cloning, embryonic stem cell research, the human genome project and genetically modified food.


The result of group work, these issues are covered both from scientific view - what it is, what is involved - and the Christian view, how Christian biblical and theological principles guide our understanding of and response to these issues.


Now Available at S$13.00


 

Resources at the NCCS

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body.”

- 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Books

  1. ✤A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE LIFE SCIENCES

A Guide to Churches & Christian Organisations in Singapore 2009-2010


This edition has a listing of about 500 Churches and 550 Christian Organisations that are in existence in Singapore currently.


Now Available at S$12.00.

Postage: S$2.50


  1. ✤A Guide to Churches & Christian Organisations in Singapore 2009-2010

Many Faces One Faith


"Discover the rich heritage of Christian service in the nation-building of Singapore, and be inspired to play a part in the continued well-being of our homeland"

Now Available at a very special price:
Softcover - S$10.00

Hardcover - S$15.00


  1. ✤Many Faces One Faith

Sights & Sounds


A Christian Response To The Creative Arts and Media
Edited by Robert M Solomon & Lim K Tham


Out of the ever-changing field of the creative arts and media have emerged a myriad of issues and challenges. This collection of essays entitled Sights & Sounds seeks to offer a Christian perspective on the various forms in which the field of arts and media has found expression, namely the visual arts, theatre, music, cinema, television and literature.


The chapters are contributed by Christians who are practitioners in the arts, theologians, researchers and educators. Pastors, church leaders, and the Christian public in general will find this book both instructive and
helpful.


Now Available at S$14.00



  1. ✤Sights & Sounds

A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO HOMOSEXUALITY


THE ISSUE of homosexuality is always contentious because it carries so much political and emotive baggage.  As a result, any attempt to conduct an objective and rational discussion on the topic is unlikely to be read as free of polemics.  Recognizing this, however, should not deter any individual or group – not least the Church – from engaging the issue.  This book, aimed at Christian leaders, pastors and those interested in a more in-depth reflection on the issue of homosexuality, is one such serious attempt at engagement.


Except for the Foreword, Introduction, NCCS Statement and FAQ on homosexuality, the chapters of this book were originally prepared for a conference organized by the Centre for the Development of Christian Ministry at Trinity Theological College in 1998. This fact should allay fears that A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO HOMOSEXUALITY was hastily prepared in reaction to recent discussions in Singapore on this issue. The book therefore disclaims any polemical agenda but hopes to present the position which the National Council of Churches in Singapore (NCCS) believes to be faithful to the Bible and the best traditions of the Church.


Now Available at S$13.00





To purchase any of the above-mentioned books,

please contact Doreen at admin@nccs.org.sg or

download the order form here


  1. ✤A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO HOMOSEXUALITY

  1. ✤The ethics of human organ trading

Now Available at S$10.00 nett per copy (No GST charges)


To order this book, download the order form here

  1. ✤The right to die ?

Now Available at S$14.00 nett per copy (No GST charges)


To order this book, download the order form here