Synopsis

What was in the past clear and undisputed has been thrown into disarray since the beginning of the sexual revolution in the 1960s, and in today’s “woke” culture and climate, alternative sexualities are accepted and endorsed without contestation. This, in turn, has raised challenges for Christianity, and it has resulted in certain quarters of the global church accepting these alternative sexualities. This course will explore and critique the biblical, theological, scientific, philosophical and historical bases for the arguments advocating alternative sexualities. The course will also consider what it means for the church (in Singapore) to externally respond to discussions about sexuality in the public square and internally minister to those with alternative sexualities. All in all, this is a primer course on matters relating to sexuality, which is much needed because Sexuality Matters in our time and age, not least for the church as part of her witness to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Biodata

Rev Dr Edmund Fong is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Singapore and associate minister at Adam Road Presbyterian Church. He did his doctoral studies at the University of Otago (2014–2016) covering the theology of the Swiss-German theological giant, Karl Barth. Edmund teaches systematic theology at Trinity Theological College and lectures on the doctrine of the person and work of Christ and salvation, denominational studies in Presbyterianism, and the theology of John Calvin. His research interests range from Barth to Calvin, Reformed Theology, Theological Anthropology, and Hermeneutics.