Matthew John Paul Tan
@asiantheologian.bsky.social
Dean of Studies at Vianney College Seminary, Diocese of Wagga Wagga | Blogs at Awkward Asian Theologian | Podcasts at Awkward Asian Theologians
Blog: awkwardasiantheologian.com
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Blog: awkwardasiantheologian.com
Podcasts: is.gd/Rne87l
Publications: linktr.ee/matthew.tan
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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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Big thanks to the Catholic Weekly for their kind mention of our podcast launch!
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Find us on
Spotify: tinyurl.com/4psrmuy2
Apple: tinyurl.com/3u5kzv3b
Amazon: tinyurl.com/4r5sc3zk
#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #theology #christian #catholic #asian
NEW POST: Dreaming of Dumplings
Can nostalgia ruin the memory?
A review of our final podcast episode for Season 2, and a small request as we close the season
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#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians #theology #nostalgia #memory #sloth
Can nostalgia ruin the memory?
A review of our final podcast episode for Season 2, and a small request as we close the season
is.gd/G5ukgW
#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians #theology #nostalgia #memory #sloth
Dreaming of Dumplings — Awkward Asian Theologian
Daniel and I dropped our final episode of Season 2 of Awkward Asian Theologians over the weekend, tackling the theme of nostalgia. I have written about in a two part series ( here and here ) and...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
NEW POST: Dreaming of Dumplings
Can nostalgia ruin the memory?
A review of our final podcast episode for Season 2, and a small request as we close the season
is.gd/G5ukgW
#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians #theology #nostalgia #memory #sloth
Can nostalgia ruin the memory?
A review of our final podcast episode for Season 2, and a small request as we close the season
is.gd/G5ukgW
#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians #theology #nostalgia #memory #sloth
A reminder of our final season 2 episode on nostalgia, which dropped over the weekend!
We will take a break to record new episodes for S3 in 2026!
For episode: is.gd/o6lD1d
#awkwardasiantheologians #nostalgia
We will take a break to record new episodes for S3 in 2026!
For episode: is.gd/o6lD1d
#awkwardasiantheologians #nostalgia
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A reminder of our final season 2 episode on nostalgia, which dropped over the weekend!
We will take a break to record new episodes for S3 in 2026!
For episode: is.gd/o6lD1d
#awkwardasiantheologians #nostalgia
We will take a break to record new episodes for S3 in 2026!
For episode: is.gd/o6lD1d
#awkwardasiantheologians #nostalgia
NEW EPISODE DROPPED!
Our podcast "Awkward Asian Theologians" closes out S2 by steaming up a conversation on nostalgia. We start with food (of course) and how something as simple as a bowl of congee or a forgotten jar of Lao Gan Ma can open the floodgates of memory.
is.gd/o6lD1d
Our podcast "Awkward Asian Theologians" closes out S2 by steaming up a conversation on nostalgia. We start with food (of course) and how something as simple as a bowl of congee or a forgotten jar of Lao Gan Ma can open the floodgates of memory.
is.gd/o6lD1d
S2E10 Dreaming of Dumplings: Nostalgia
Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 14/11/2025 · 26m
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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NEW EPISODE DROPPED!
Our podcast "Awkward Asian Theologians" closes out S2 by steaming up a conversation on nostalgia. We start with food (of course) and how something as simple as a bowl of congee or a forgotten jar of Lao Gan Ma can open the floodgates of memory.
is.gd/o6lD1d
Our podcast "Awkward Asian Theologians" closes out S2 by steaming up a conversation on nostalgia. We start with food (of course) and how something as simple as a bowl of congee or a forgotten jar of Lao Gan Ma can open the floodgates of memory.
is.gd/o6lD1d
NEW POST: Common Reality
In what sense is the common a precondition for proper sociopolitical life?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
In what sense is the common a precondition for proper sociopolitical life?
is.gd/mgTRsB
#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
Common Reality — Awkward Asian Theologian
The American branch of the ecclesial community Communion and Liberation, founded by Luigi Giussani, recently put up videos of its annual 3 day cultural and intellectual event, “ New York Encounter ”. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW POST: Common Reality
In what sense is the common a precondition for proper sociopolitical life?
is.gd/mgTRsB
#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
In what sense is the common a precondition for proper sociopolitical life?
is.gd/mgTRsB
#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
We will be dropping our final podcast episode of Season 2, on nostalgia, this Saturday.
For the Show: is.gd/KRF2tb
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #nostalgia
For the Show: is.gd/KRF2tb
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #nostalgia
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We will be dropping our final podcast episode of Season 2, on nostalgia, this Saturday.
For the Show: is.gd/KRF2tb
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #nostalgia
For the Show: is.gd/KRF2tb
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #nostalgia
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A reminder that Dan and I drop our next podcast episode on the Laity comes out this Saturday morning!
For the show: is.gd/Xm2VYc
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #laity
For the show: is.gd/Xm2VYc
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #laity
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A reminder that Dan and I drop our next podcast episode on the Laity comes out this Saturday morning!
For the show: is.gd/Xm2VYc
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #laity
For the show: is.gd/Xm2VYc
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #laity
NEW POST: Heaven’s Tiger Mum
How can understanding Mary as the most and least Asian of Mothers also help us understand some of the content of Mariology?
Some further thoughts on our podcast episode on Mary
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How can understanding Mary as the most and least Asian of Mothers also help us understand some of the content of Mariology?
Some further thoughts on our podcast episode on Mary
is.gd/O43Aw9
#awkwardasiantheologians
Heaven's Tiger Mum — Awkward Asian Theologian
Over the weekend just past, Dan and I dropped our latest episode of Awkward Asian Theologians and, because we are a Catholic podcast, we thought we’d focus our attention on that most Catholic of t...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW POST: Heaven’s Tiger Mum
How can understanding Mary as the most and least Asian of Mothers also help us understand some of the content of Mariology?
Some further thoughts on our podcast episode on Mary
is.gd/O43Aw9
#awkwardasiantheologians
How can understanding Mary as the most and least Asian of Mothers also help us understand some of the content of Mariology?
Some further thoughts on our podcast episode on Mary
is.gd/O43Aw9
#awkwardasiantheologians
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologian #christian #catholic #quote #lyrics #cranberries #zombie #violence #silence #contemplation #falsereligion
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New podcast episode with Daniel and I on Mariology, coming this Saturday!
Subscribe to channel for updates: is.gd/Xm2VYc
Subscribe to channel for updates: is.gd/Xm2VYc
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New podcast episode with Daniel and I on Mariology, coming this Saturday!
Subscribe to channel for updates: is.gd/Xm2VYc
Subscribe to channel for updates: is.gd/Xm2VYc
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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Or more specifically, my latest book A THEOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH PORNOGRAPHY is out (published by Routledge)
Use ADC25 for 30% Discount.
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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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October 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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)
Use ADC25 for 30% Discount.
is.gd/2nIR7U
Or more specifically, my latest book A THEOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH PORNOGRAPHY is out (published by Routledge)
Use ADC25 for 30% Discount.
is.gd/2nIR7U
A reminder that our second part of our two-part series on suffering is now out!
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #catholic #johnpaulii #suffering
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #catholic #johnpaulii #suffering
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A reminder that our second part of our two-part series on suffering is now out!
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #catholic #johnpaulii #suffering
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #catholic #johnpaulii #suffering
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"
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
@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"
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
S2E7 Woe is (Hokkien) Mee: Suffering (Part II)
Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 03/10/2025 · 25m
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October 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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"
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
@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"
For episode: is.gd/MuPlnn
Upcoming Book Announcement: A Theological Engagement with Pornography
Overview and excerpt included
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#awkwardasiantheologian
Overview and excerpt included
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#awkwardasiantheologian
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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October 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Upcoming Book Announcement: A Theological Engagement with Pornography
Overview and excerpt included
is.gd/Y4CEMm
#awkwardasiantheologian
Overview and excerpt included
is.gd/Y4CEMm
#awkwardasiantheologian
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #saintquotes #stbernardofclairvaux #guardianangels #feastday
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #vaclavhavel #hope #transcendent #heart #spirit
September 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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.
is.gd/imOVGo
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #theology #suffering
Boil your tea, light your incense, and prepare to get awkward. Suffering is on the table in this double episode with Dan and I.
is.gd/imOVGo
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #theology #suffering
S2E6 Lotus in the Fire: Suffering (Part I)
Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 19/09/2025 · 36m
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September 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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.
is.gd/imOVGo
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #theology #suffering
Boil your tea, light your incense, and prepare to get awkward. Suffering is on the table in this double episode with Dan and I.
is.gd/imOVGo
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #theology #suffering
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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#awkwardasiantheologian
How can a Marxist reading of Paul help us better understand our relationship to the task of evangelization?
is.gd/6h7d8z
#awkwardasiantheologian
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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September 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW POST: Eventual Possession
How can a Marxist reading of Paul help us better understand our relationship to the task of evangelization?
is.gd/6h7d8z
#awkwardasiantheologian
How can a Marxist reading of Paul help us better understand our relationship to the task of evangelization?
is.gd/6h7d8z
#awkwardasiantheologian
A reminder that Dan and I will be dropping our latest podcast episode (the first of a two parter on suffering) this Saturday.
Subscribe to stay updated.
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #suffering
Subscribe to stay updated.
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #suffering
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A reminder that Dan and I will be dropping our latest podcast episode (the first of a two parter on suffering) this Saturday.
Subscribe to stay updated.
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #suffering
Subscribe to stay updated.
#awkwardasiantheologians #podcast #suffering
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #vaclachavel #ideology #identity #part #whole
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #hgwells #hope #life
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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#awkwardasiantheologian #love #podcast
Matt and Dan embark on their most swoon-worthy, heart-fluttering episode yet - a theological deep dive into love.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
#awkwardasiantheologian #love #podcast
S2E5 Love in Translation: Feels
Podcast Episode · Awkward Asian Theologians · 05/09/2025 · 23m
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September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW EPISODE DROPPED
Matt and Dan embark on their most swoon-worthy, heart-fluttering episode yet - a theological deep dive into love.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
#awkwardasiantheologian #love #podcast
Matt and Dan embark on their most swoon-worthy, heart-fluttering episode yet - a theological deep dive into love.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
#awkwardasiantheologian #love #podcast
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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#awkwardasiantheologian #theology #bible #philosophy
What if strangers were more than an object of moral duty but a subject of an ontological reality?
is.gd/JB62SX
#awkwardasiantheologian #theology #bible #philosophy
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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September 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW POST: That Stranger is Me
What if strangers were more than an object of moral duty but a subject of an ontological reality?
is.gd/JB62SX
#awkwardasiantheologian #theology #bible #philosophy
What if strangers were more than an object of moral duty but a subject of an ontological reality?
is.gd/JB62SX
#awkwardasiantheologian #theology #bible #philosophy
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #lyrics #changetheworld #love
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #saintquote #bernardofclairvaux #god #creature #love #gift
September 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM