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December 2017

December 08, 2017

The Vernacular of Pornography Part I: The Metaphysics of Porn

Pornography is everywhere. By this, I do not simply mean that we are awash with...

December 01, 2017

…The Meek…

Common Grace, an organisation that describes itself as a "movement of Christians passionate about Jesus...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

The Architecture of the Heart

There was a moment, many years ago, where I made a turn into a Melbourne...

November 17, 2017

This New Mercy

We talk a lot about how bad sin is, and it is bad. As Augustine...

November 10, 2017

Don’t Be Blind to the Paradoxes of Faith

In living out the Christian life, there will certainly come a time when giving...

November 01, 2017

Repost: The Politics of All Saints Day

Nota Bene: This is a repost of a piece published 5 years ago today , on...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

From the Vault: Divine Wedgie Podcasts on Soundcloud

It has been busy at the office, and so I have been unable to to...

October 20, 2017

The Heft of Heaven

Almost twenty years ago, Goo Goo Dolls made a name for themselves with a song...

October 06, 2017

Nostalgia, Reality & the Voice of God

I had trouble sleeping last week. I would wake up in the middle of the...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Scattered & Gathered: Catholics in Diaspora

The good folk at Wipf & Stock have just published the third volume in their "Studies...

September 22, 2017

Spontaneous Personal Prayer is Superior, Right?

There is a memorable scene in an episode of the American television series Judging Amy (1999-2005). In...

September 15, 2017

From the Vault: the Divine Wedgie Podcast Series

If you have been following the evolution of the Divine Wedgie over time, first up, a...

September 08, 2017

After Resurrection, the Holes…

I remember a line used by my catechism teachers when I was a kid that...

September 01, 2017

So You Think You Understand Mary?

In the Roman Catholic Church, there are two Marian dogmas, the celebration of which...

August 2017

August 25, 2017

Towards a Kenotic Identity Politics: Migration, Transformation & the Eucharist

I recently had the pleasure of being part of a symposium on Religion and the Humanitarian...

August 18, 2017

Singing Psalms With Angels and Demons

There comes a point for those who do the Office of Readings where one has...

August 11, 2017

Fidelity in Difference

Conform. That is the catchcry of a lot of Christians of varying stripes nowadays. Fidelity...

August 01, 2017

Today, When Eternity Began…

At a recent retreat, someone said that eternity begins at your baptism. He also said...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

God and the Pink Elephant

At a seminar on zombies (yes, I am still on the promotional path for the Redeeming...

July 13, 2017

Out of Body, Out of Mind

In 1975, long before the age of social media, an experiment was conducted at...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

Tracey Rowland on Zombie Jesus

The John Paul II Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Tracey...

June 19, 2017

Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millenium

A few years ago, I posted on the possibility of giving an epistemological twist on...

June 08, 2017

Only One A**hole in the Body of Christ, Please!

From a reader: There seems to be a fine line and a big difference between...

June 01, 2017

Insurance, Holiness and Hair

The centrefold of a 2011 edition of Sydney’s short-lived tabloid, mX, featured a report...

May 2017

May 09, 2017

Reminder of Launch of “Redeeming Flesh: The Way of the Cross with Zombie Jesus”

Readers in Sydney would probably have received notice of the launch for my little book Redeeming...

May 02, 2017

God and Cigarettes

Five years ago, in an attempt to reduce smoking and its associated health costs, the...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Podcast: “A Theology of Pop Culture” with PEACEcast

PEACEcast, a podcast spinoff of PEACEtalks (which is in turn a seminar series hosted by St...

April 12, 2017

Launch of “Redeeming Flesh”

We are pleased to announce that Redeeming Flesh: The Way of the Cross with Zombie...

April 04, 2017

The Laughing God

A problem many Christians face is being too serious. One can almost measure the level...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Turning Towards Nil

A former colleague, a Latinist, one day pointed out the neoplatonic influences behind the creation...