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March 2013

March 14, 2013

Francis…What’s to a Name?

The Roman Catholic Church has elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires to be its...

March 07, 2013

Do We Matter in Particular?

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

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Sunday as a Prophetic Act

We rarely think of days as being prophetic. Indeed, many Christians often treat our days...

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 20, 2012

Instagram and the Public Individual

Newspapers have today aired the story concerning the photo-sharing website Instagram. The company recently made...

December 13, 2012

Mary and the Power of God

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

December 07, 2012

Bodily Epistemology: the City and Plastic Surgery

The 2011 Spanish thriller The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), starring Antonio...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

Catholic Social Teaching & Political Revival

Matthew Taylor of the BBC's Radio 4 has today provided a nuanced analysis of a...

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...

August 2012

August 09, 2012

The City and Running Away in “Dexter”

A previous post suggested that Christian theology requires a more thorough exploration on the theme...

July 2012

July 13, 2012

On Liking the Gospel: The Church & New Media

There is a question hanging over the Church on what to do with New Media....

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Upcoming Engagements: On the Liberal Arts, Dignity, New Media and Health Insurance

Readers might be interested to know of a number of conferences and presentations pertaining to...

June 04, 2012

The Theological Importance of Humour

One problem many Christians face is being too serious. When battling the powers and principalities...

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 29, 2012

Food Fight: The Story of a Goulburn Valley Food Co-Operative

The theme of distributism has been neglected of late, and attached above is a short...

May 08, 2012

Follow Up to the Australian Catholic Media Congress

The Australian Catholic Media Congress, held last week in Sydney, brought together bloggers, academics, journalists...

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 24, 2012

Girardians, the Sacrificial Regime & Abortion

Martin Snigg recently put up a comment in response to an article on abortion put...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

A Response to Newt Gingrich from the Front Porch: A Biography of Saul Alinsky

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich made a remark as part of his campaign that "the...

February 2012

February 17, 2012

The Ecclesiology of the HHS Mandate

Readers may have been following with varying degrees of concern the recent ruckus concerning the...

February 14, 2012

What is a Conservative? A View from the Front Porch

Susannah Black, who blogs at Radio Free Thulcandra, recently wrote an interesting piece in the...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Prayer and Blogging with Benjamin Myer

Benjamin Myer, a theologian from the United Theological College in Parramatta and author at large...

January 27, 2012

Melinda Tankard Reist: Right-Wing Fundamentalist Feminist or Just Plain Feminist?

Readers in Australia (and no doubt a few overseas) may be aware of an ongoing...

January 24, 2012

Secular Cathedrals, Darth Vader and Other Guest Posts

Below are a set of links to a number of guest posts written in the...

January 20, 2012

Does Big Business Oppose the State?

The most recent corporate internet protests (which implicated or was supported by the likes of...

January 10, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of Capitalism

Adrian Pabst, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent has edited a book in...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

The Problematique of “Relevant” Liturgical Music (And Happy New Year)

Liturgists are often keen to make liturgical music "relevant" for the people, and this attitude...

December 27, 2011

After Christmas, Small is STILL Beautiful: An Interview with Fritz Schumacher

As we consumers begin the annual scramble to get the latest instalment of the post-Christmas...

December 17, 2011

Why a Liberated Economy Must be Exclusive and Hierarchical

Readers who may have had some interest in Campion College's Conference on "Faith in the...