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June 2018

June 25, 2018

What a Magpie Taught Me About the Spiritual Life

This week, I was reminded on social media about already dated, but still very endearing,...

April 2018

April 04, 2018

When Silence is God’s Language

In his A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart, Josef Pieper wrote...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

Suggestion for Lent: The Way of the Cross with Zombie Jesus

Lent is a time of penance, a time where self-aggrandisement has no place and where...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

Bodies Between Heaven & Earth

I have just started trawling through some old essays for tips for a potential project...

September 2017

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...

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...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Launch of “Redeeming Flesh”

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

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Playing for Eternity: The Sacraments of Pop Culture (Vodcast Now Available)

PEACEtalks, an initiative of St. George Anglican Church in Sydney, hosted the Divine Wedgie over the...

March 01, 2017

Penances You Can Hear: Christianity, Pop Culture & Multiculturalism

Lent is upon us and Melbourne and Sydney readers have the opportunity to do their...

January 2017

January 17, 2017

Prophecy & Architecture

While teaching political philosophy at Campion College Australia, one minor thread of the course related...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Out Now: The Way of the Cross with Zombie Jesus

A previous post mentioned the imminent arrival of Matthew Tan's second book, Redeeming Flesh: the...

July 13, 2016

Coming Soon: The Way of the Cross with Zombie Jesus

Cascade Books, the imprint of Wipf and Stock, will soon send to print the manuscript...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Post-Materialism, Sacramentality & Marketing

A friend on social media once wondered out loud why a big telecommunications company would...

May 15, 2016

Discerning Before Utopia

This post was spurred on by two things, a class given on discernment at Campion...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Meaty Souls & the Death of Prince

People die everyday, sometimes in great numbers at a single time, from wars, genocides,...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

Material Simulations & Flat Pack Furniture

After almost seven years of apartment living and relying exclusively on borrowed fixtures and...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

When a Dead Body Attends Mass

One morning, probably due to a combination of liturgical illiteracy and bad timing, a coffin...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Doctrine Divides While Justice Unites?: An Interview with Catholic News Agency

Justice, Unity and the Hidden Christ, written by the Divine Wedgie's blogger at large, was recently...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

The Postsecular Zombie

One research thread on an upcoming project on zombies concerns the liminal space that...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

The Eucharist & the Zombie Apocalypse

Many often talk about cities as being soul destroying, whether it is in reference to...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Romancing the Stones

Sometimes, living in one city after a long period spent in another, means that the...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Australian Launch: Justice, Unity & the Hidden Christ

Readers in the Sydney area might be interested to know that there will be an...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Postsecular Entertainment

Entertainment has often been the whipping boy of culture warriors, who cite anything from...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Book Launch: Justice, Unity & the Hidden Christ

Readers in Chicago might be interested to know that Justice, Unity and the Hidden Christ:...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

Justice, Unity & the Hidden Christ: New Book by Matthew Tan

The theological publishing house Wipf & Stock has released the first book by the Divine...

December 2007

December 15, 2007

Practices and the Conversion of the Social Imaginary: On Marriage

Below is an excerpt from the American Deacon Keith Fournier of Catholic Online. The article,...