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October 2013

October 31, 2013

Against Salvific Minimalism: Passion & Cosmos

Christians often adopt an anthropocentric conception of the purpose of the history of salvation. The...

October 24, 2013

Technology, Sin and Goodness

The evangelical publishing house IVP Academic released the computer scientist Derek Schuurman's Shaping a Digital...

August 2013

August 16, 2013

Hope & the Assumption of Mary

The Second Reading in the Roman Catholic Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Christians and Crises

Crises are politically useful gimmicks. Whether it is economic meltdowns, asylum seekers, cabinet reshuffles, sex...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Redeeming Regret

Regret is a part of the life we live. While a number of regrets concern...

May 25, 2013

When Coffee Gets Martyred

The first line of Psalm 19 says that the heavens declare the glory of the...

May 09, 2013

Body and Will in Postmodernity

In medieval philosophy, "realism" is the idea that external realities defy the manipulations of our...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

Christianity, Eastertide and Liminality

The word "liminal" comes from the Latin word for "threshold". Liminality denotes a time of...

April 04, 2013

“God of War”, the Democratisation of Rage & the Power of Easter

The gaming world recently welcomed the latest instalment of the God of War franchise with...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Good Friday & the Prevailing Order (Repost)

A line in the Evening Liturgy of the Hours for Tuesday of Holy Week reminds...

March 21, 2013

Christianity & Paradox

Christians can be understandably enthusiastic about providing an apologetic for their faith when either questions...

March 07, 2013

Do We Matter in Particular?

An excellent post on despair on Catholic Kung Fu, written by Marquette University's Anne Carpenter,...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Prayer, Sincerity and Economy

Many Christians do not like liturgical prayers. The seemingly mechanistic corporate drones that are the...

February 13, 2013

Valentine’s Day: A Lenten Exercise

Valentine's Day has been set aside to celebrate the joys of human love. For many...

February 07, 2013

Discipleship in Your Sleep

In the monastic life, every single day is bookended by the recitation of the Liturgy...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Absurdity & Waiting on God

In introductory philosophy at Campion College, a theme that is touched upon is that of...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

Mary and the Power of God

Over the weekend, the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of...

October 2012

October 11, 2012

Smartphones, Memory and the Cross

The smartphone has become the sacrament (James KA Smith calls it the "liturgical instrument") of...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

“Gangnam Style” & Evangelisation

A minor musical phenomenon has been the Korean pop (aka K-pop) song "Gangnam Style" by...

September 20, 2012

Jesus and the Restoration of Eden

Students at Campion College learn in their first year about the basics of Scripture, and the...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Why Theology Should Kneel

Fr. Robert Barron, in a recent installment of his Word on Fire series of Youtube...

August 16, 2012

The Ecclesiology of Getting the Flu

Mention was previously made of Augustine's notion of the City of God being on pilgrimage...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

God & Caesar: A Question of Coins

In Matthew 22:21, Jesus used a coin, minted with the face of Caesar, as a...

June 2012

June 01, 2012

Why the Best Sex is Boring

There are now a plethora of shows on TV and movies that propagate the idea...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

On Deconstruction & Salvation

"Postmodern" is a dirty word for Christians. In many parts of Christendom, it is associated...

May 10, 2012

A Theology of Running Away?

One constant, but perhaps under-discussed, theme within pop culture is the theme of running away....

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Coming Up: Saving Cyberculture, Natural Law & Biblical Self-Deception

A number of important conferences and seminars are coming up that might interest Australian readers,...

April 13, 2012

The Sacred Making the Secular More Secular

Many of the secular liberal set often decry the involvement of religious actors in fear...

April 06, 2012

Jesus on Good Friday: Priest, Lamb, Bridegroom, Adam

Today, the universal Church celebrates the passion of its founder, Jesus Christ. The events leading...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

Are We Too Human?

Philosophers in the tradition of Nietzsche will echo his lament that "we are human, all...