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Dr Matthew Tan explores the idea that modernity and postmodernity have lead to a subtle "third schism" across Christianity.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on love as presented in Plato's Symposium, and how a rupture of love from one person leads to a rupture of love with all things.
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Dr Tan reflects on the ecclesiological, biblical and cosmological significance of the words in the short Trisagion Hymn, commonly used in Eastern liturgy.
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What if we were to live every moment as if it were our last? Perhaps this is what we as Christians are called to do. Dr Matthew Tan reflects on 'last times' in this edition of The Divine Wedgie.
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What does the Old Testament lend to our understanding of wisdom? In this edition of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the Book of Job, and the place of passion in wisdom.
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In this edition of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan draws on the example of the bass in Gregorian Chant, known as the 'ison', to demonstrate how music can have theological significance.
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While entertainment is often criticised for promoting rampant secularism, Dr Matthew Tan suggests we have moved into a post-secular period in entertainment...
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Dr Matthew Tan shares a reflection by a Serbian Orthodox Monk on how all of us will suffer for our faith, whether it be a true or a false one.
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Dr Matthew Tan draws on a sermon from Pope St Leo the Great to explain why the Resurrection of Christ is not the end point of salvation history.
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What is an anthropocentric conception of the purpose of salvation? Why does it fall short? Dr Matthew Tan explores the cosmic view of salvation...
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Dr Matthew Tan draws from Henri de Lubac and C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters to reflect on how multiplicity sabotages our relationships.
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Photoshop and domination in the digital age: Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the link between our modern day manipulation of graphics and St Augustine's City of God.
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What could Christians possibly learn from a popular marxist philosopher? Dr Matthew Tan reflects on some interesting points made by the 'Elvis' of philosophy, Slavoj Zizek.
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Dr Matthew Tan provides Chesterton's response to the idea that Western culture is returning to paganism.
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Reflecting on the book Torture and Eucharist by William Cavanaugh and an essay written by George Orwell, Dr Matthew Tan explores how ecclesial language and practice are often taken up by the state.
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At the Theology and Communications Conference 2014 at the University of Santa Clara, California, Dr Matthew Tan presents this paper entitled Faith in the Church of Facebook: the Riddle of Space and Time.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how Christ sheds light on the order of the universe, and in particular, the meaning of pain and suffering.
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As we reflect on the year so far, we might find it to be one filled with struggles and pain. Dr Matthew Tan explores how the tears we shed can bring fruit...
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As we reflect on the year so far, we might find it to be one filled with struggles and pain. Dr Matthew Tan explores how the tears we shed can bring fruit...
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What can Suore Cristina's sudden appearance in the public eye and engagement with pop culture tell us about the Church? Dr Matthew Tan reflects....
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how the the integral role of food in culture may point to something deeper...
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how the the integral role of food in culture may point to something deeper...
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You've heard that physical appearance can impact your job prospects, but what does it say about your moral compass? Dr Matthew Tan reflects on perspectives on the human body, culture and morality.
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Dr Matthew Tan explains how we live in a society of cybernetic hybridity, the social power of cyberspace in transforming our entire world, and what all this means for the Church and the human person.
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Dr Matthew Tan explores why we ought not overlook the important role of community in salvation.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how technology is making us lonely, and its impact on the Church community.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the role of the heart in the study of theology.
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St Francis is often stereotyped as an animal-loving environmentalist, but St Bonaventure has reflected on much deeper aspects of this saint's example and what his life reveals to us.
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What is the relationship between Christianity and absurdity as understood by the likes of Albert Camus and Friedrich Nietzsche? Matt Tan reflects.
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All of us will have experienced regret at some point in our lives. How do we deal with it, or understand it in light of God's providence? Dr Matthew Tan reflects...
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how Christians tend to favour Aristotle, but how his teacher Plato might have more to lend our Christian worldview than we think.
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The gaming world this year welcomed the latest instalment of the God of War franchise on Playstation 3. Dr Matthew Tan reflects on what the popularity of this series says about rage in postmodernity.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the virtue of silence, which can become somewhat lost in the world of online communications.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on why the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception does not detract from, but rather reaffirms the saving power of God.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on why we can't limit God or Christianity to the confines of human philosophy: Christianity is steeped in paradox.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the post-modern underpinnings of body modification, and the theological and cultural problems that arise.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the significance of the Sunday observance in the Christian life.
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What do coffee beans have to do with the witness of the saints? Dr Matthew Tan reflects...
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In this edition of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan reflects on our tendency to sometimes think that God is concerned for us in a 'universal' sense, rather than a particular one.
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In this edition of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan looks at the practice of reciting the Night Office, and how our sleeping hours are not exempt from the call to discipleship.
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In this edition of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan looks at prayer, specifically liturgical vs spontaneous prayer, and the problem with over-emphasising individual sincerity in prayer.
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Liminality refers to the ambiguity which exists between two states - from one phase to another. Dr Matthew Tan looks at the liminality between Christ's death and Resurrection, and how this is reflected in the life of Christian discipleship.
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In the latest episode of The Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan explores the writings of St Bernard of Clairvaux who speaks of an intermediate coming of Christ which is both visible and salvific.
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Play theory says that "play" is more than just individual pleasure, but can expand the confines of the world beyond the immediate space. Sound a lot like Sacred Liturgy? Dr Matthew Tan thinks so, and this link can help us critique secular culture, as he explains in the latest Divine Wedgie.
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In this edition of Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan reflects on how what was lost by Adam and Eve was restored once and for all in Christ.
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In this edition of Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan addresses the often misunderstood Book of the Apocalypse.
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As Passion Sunday and Holy Week approach, Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the glorification of Christ through His crucifixion. He looks at how the crucified Christ is both the New Adam and Bridegroom of the Church.
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In this edition of Divine Wedgie, Dr Matthew Tan reflects on why, contrary to popular belief, the Church by its very nature should be involved in the secular world.
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Dr Matthew Tan looks at two types of visual statements in our modern city skylines: the cathedral and the sky-scraper, and what they say about our culture.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on the commodification of the human body as illustrated by the recent phenomenon of having body parts insured.
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Dr Matthew Tan explores how the theme of "running away" is present in both secular and Christian literature, and how the latter brings the sense of running away to its true completion.
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Dr Matthew Tan discusses how modern society has created a number of "secular liturgies"; what these secular substitutes and the Christian Liturgy can say about each other; and where the secular form falls short.
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Dr Matthew Tan explores why to be truly Christian is to be truly green.
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What I don't know when I know the Eucharist: Dr Matthew Tan discusses how consumerism has infiltrated how we pray and suggests a different approach.
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Dr Matthew Tan argues that while deconstruction is widely rejected by Christians, it can actually lend valuable insights to reading of Biblical text.
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Dr Matthew Tan discusses differing readings of Matthew 22:21, questioning what exactly 'belongs to Caesar' and how we are to understand this text.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflect's on our culture's tendency to use 'excitement' as the barometer for the health of a relationship in light of Blessed John Paul II's writings on marital love.
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Dr Matthew Tan reflects on post-modern man's futile efforts to escape the past and "take our mind of things".
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