Synopsis
This book is an attempt at putting together in one accessible volume what some Singapore Christians think about matters of law and justice in their own country. It is the first volume in the CSCA Christianity in Southeast Asia Series. The writers share the same concern about Christians being the light and salt in the world. Christians can make meaningful contribution to public discussion on matters which affect the common good. Justice properly understood is justice for all even if it is informed by the Christian faith. That is why Christians who love God and their neighbours are interested in issues of law and justice. While the book is primarily written for Christians, it may be of interest to the wider readership. Readers will be able to identify some common interests, and gain further understanding of how thoughtful Christians have sought to contribute to developing a wholesome social vision, "based on justice and equality", for a multi-racial, multi-religious society.
ISBN: 978-981-4270-16-8
Size: 210 by 148 mm (closed)
No. of Pages: 256
Year Published: 2009
About the Contributors
Daniel K. S. Koh
The Rev Daniel K. S. Koh, PhD (University of Durham) teaches Ethics, Church and Society, and Pastoral Tehology at Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, where he is also the Director (English) of TTC's Centre for the Development of Christian Ministry which organises mainly evening training courses for Christian lay-people. Daniel is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Singapore, having previously been a pastor of three congregations before assuming responsibilities at TTC. He is married to the Rev Dianna Khoo, a fellow Methodist minister, and they have a daughter, Joanna.
Kiem-Kiok Kwa
Dr. Kiem-Kiok Kwa, PhD (Asbury Theological Seminary) is a lawyer by training and a member of Trinity Methodist Church. She has worked in both the local church and para-church organisations and has written for the Methodist Message, The Asbury Journal and published a collection of testimonies Lights in the World as part of her theological studies. She now teaches inter-cultural studies at East Asia School of Theology, Singapore.
Debbie Ong
Debbie Ong, LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (NUS), Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, where she teaches Family Law, Law & Sociology of the Family and the Law of Torts. Her research interests lie mainly in Family Law. Debbie has served as a Mediator in the Family Court for a decade. She continues to serve in the Law Society's Family Law Practice Committee. She is married to a lawyer and she tries to put her mediation skills to good use at home when managing her three children. Debbie enjoys being involved in projects which further the development of a good family justice system.
Tan Seow Hon
Dr. Tan Seow Hon is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). She graduated top of her class from US, obtained an LL.M from Harvard Law School, where she was a Landon Gammon Fellow, and an SJD, also from Harvard. During her doctoral studies, she was a Clark Byse Fellow at Harvard Law School and taught a graduate workshop on natural law theory. She is a winner of the NUS Teaching Excellence Award on 2005-2006 and 2007-2008. She also teaches and researches in the area of jurisprudence.
Thio Li-ann
Prof. Thio Li-ann, BA (Hons) Oxford; LL.M (Harvard); PhD. (Cambridge), Professor of Law, National University of Singapore; Barrister (Gray's Inn, UK); Nominated Member of Singapore Parliament (Eleventh Session, Jan 2007- July 2009), has taught law courses at Melbourne Law School and University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. Her writings include Managing Babel: The International Legal Protection of Minorities in the Twentieth Century (Brill, 2005); Evolution of a Revolution: 40 Years of the Singapore Constitution, Li-ann Thio & Kevin YL Tan eds., (Routledge-Cavendish, 2009); Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore (Asia Butterworths, 1997), with Kevin YL Tan; and a Christian book, Mind the Gap: Contending for Righteousness in an Age of Lawlessness (Armour Publishing, 2009). Her research interests cover constitutional law, human rights law, law and religion, and international law.
William Wan
Currently the Managing Director, Talent Plus (Asia-Pacific), Honorary Pastor, Gereja Grace Batu Pahat and Resource Pastor, Hope Presbytarian Church, Singapore, Dr. William Wan earned his PhD from University of Ottawa. He had practised and taught law in Singapore and lectured at the Discipleship Training Centre, Singapore. As an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, he previously served as Chair of Ottawa Presbytery, a pastor of the United Methodist Church in Washington DC, the Registrar of Board of Ordained Ministry, Vice President of Tyndale University College in Toronto, Consultant on Race Relations to the Ottawa Police Department and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Asian Studies at Eastern University in Pennsylvania.
Gordon Wong
The Rev. Dr. Gordon Wong is married to Lai Foon and they have two children, Deborah and Jeremy. Gordon holds a B. A. (honours) from the London School of Theology and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is an Ordained Minister of the Methodist Church in Singapore and is currently teaching Old Testament, Hebrew and Homiletics at Trinity Theological College where he is the Bishop William F Oldham Professor of Old Testament. His publications include a book on Christian faith (God Makes Sense), commentaries on the books of Daniel (Faithful to the End), Habakkuk (God, Why?), Isaiah (The Road to Peace: Pastoral Reflections on Isaiah 1-12) and an academic monograph entitled Foolish Leaders and the Will of YHWH: Editorial Effects in Isaiah 19.
