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Matthew John Paul Tan

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Dean of Studies at Vianney College Seminary, Diocese of Wagga Wagga | Blogs at Awkward Asian Theologian | Podcasts at Awkward Asian Theologians Blog: awkwardasiantheologian.com Podcasts: is.gd/Rne87l Publications: linktr.ee/matthew.tan

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Jan 22

Big thanks to the Catholic Weekly for their kind mention of our podcast launch!

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New podcast brings a light touch to faith, life, and “being Asian” | The Catholic Weekly

Awkward Asian Theologian which releases a new episode each fortnight, labels itself as “academic theology to lived life as seen through the eyes of two Australian Catholic laymen and doing so Asianly ...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast episode with Daniel and I on Mariology, coming this Saturday!

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 4d

Guys! I say with a straight face: MY PORNO IS OFFICIALLY OUT!!!

Or more specifically, my latest book A THEOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH PORNOGRAPHY is out (published by Routledge)

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A Theological Engagement with Pornography

In Christian circles, consuming pornography has been treated primarily as a moral issue, and the analysis of pornography has dealt with motivations, harms and responses. This book explores how such an...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 12d

A reminder that our second part of our two-part series on suffering is now out!

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 16d

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

@DanielAngRC and I are back at it again — stir-frying their brains in the theological wok of suffering.

Delving deeper into JPII's "Salvifici Doloris"

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S2E7 Woe is (Hokkien) Mee: Suffering (Part II)

Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 03/10/2025 · 25m

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 17d

Upcoming Book Announcement: A Theological Engagement with Pornography

Overview and excerpt included

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A Theological Engagement with Pornography — Awkward Asian Theologian

Regular readers of the blog would already know that I write regularly on the subject of pornography, which is an outworking of my research on theology and postmodern culture. Over the years since pr...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 18d

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 27d

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · 29d

NEW PODCAST EPISODE DROPPED!

Boil your tea, light your incense, and prepare to get awkward. Suffering is on the table in this double episode with Dan and I.

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S2E6 Lotus in the Fire: Suffering (Part I)

Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 19/09/2025 · 36m

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 19

NEW POST: Eventual Possession

How can a Marxist reading of Paul help us better understand our relationship to the task of evangelization?

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Eventual Possession — Awkward Asian Theologian

While on pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Paul last year, I brought along with me as a reading companion the marixst philosopher Alain Badiou’s St Paul: The Foundation of Universalism , which was ...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 17

A reminder that Dan and I will be dropping our latest podcast episode (the first of a two parter on suffering) this Saturday.

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 5

NEW EPISODE DROPPED

Matt and Dan embark on their most swoon-worthy, heart-fluttering episode yet - a theological deep dive into love.

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S2E5 Love in Translation: Feels

Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 05/09/2025 · 23m

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW POST: That Stranger is Me

What if strangers were more than an object of moral duty but a subject of an ontological reality?

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That Stranger is Me — Awkward Asian Theologian

In the Old Testament, the Book of Leviticus commanded the newly liberated Hebrews to treat strangers in a particular way. It is not simply a command to be kind to strangers, but a command to “treat th...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW POST: Bubble Tea After Mass

What are some of the demographic, pastoral and spiritual implications of migrants for our churches?

Overview and follow up to our latest podcast episode.

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Bubble Tea After Mass — Awkward Asian Theologian

Daniel and I dropped our latest podcast episode over the weekend, and in this episode, we once again dipped our toe into the asianity pool with a discussion on migration and the life of the Church. ...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 24

A reminder that our latest episode on migrants has dropped!

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW EPISODE ON MIGRANTS DROPPED!

Matt and @DanielAngRC sit down with a pot of oolong and a question: What happens when people move – and the Church moves with them?

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 21

NEW POST: Losing, Finding & Logos

How can our losses be folded back into the workings of divine grace?

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Losing, Finding & Logos — Awkward Asian Theologian

We lose all the time. In the year just thus far, we are bound to have lost countless things, thoughts, places, personalities, or even persons. Many of these would be somewhat incidental to our lives, while others would have ploughed a furrow so deep into our hearts that nothing can seem to level t

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW POST: There Is No Asian, Only Duty

Are we aware of how our presumptions concerning mission end up affecting the content of our evangelization?

An overview of our podcast episode on mission.

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There Is No Asian, Only Duty — Awkward Asian Theologian

Last Saturday, we dropped episode 3 of season 3 of our podcast Awkward Asian Theologians . In that episode, Daniel and I looked at the theme of mission . The episode was an opportunity for me to ...

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Matthew John Paul Tan @asiantheologian.bsky.social · Aug 13

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