NEW POST: There is No Identity
In what sense are our identities nothing? How does this help bolster the Christian life?
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In what sense are our identities nothing? How does this help bolster the Christian life?
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There is No Identity — Awkward Asian Theologian
By the time this post drops, I would have presented at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millenium series of conferences. Regular readers might know t...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
NEW POST: There is No Identity
In what sense are our identities nothing? How does this help bolster the Christian life?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #identity #theology #metaphysics #nothing
In what sense are our identities nothing? How does this help bolster the Christian life?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #identity #theology #metaphysics #nothing
NEW POST: So Worth It
How might metaphorical conceptions of the biody help us understand the depth of our own bodies' meaning, worth and purpose?
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How might metaphorical conceptions of the biody help us understand the depth of our own bodies' meaning, worth and purpose?
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So Worth It: Bodies — Awkward Asian Theologian
Over the weekend, we dropped our second episode of season 3, following our previous episode on racism. As Dan and I indicated in our discussion, the second episode is not unconnected to the first, t...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
NEW POST: So Worth It
How might metaphorical conceptions of the biody help us understand the depth of our own bodies' meaning, worth and purpose?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #body
How might metaphorical conceptions of the biody help us understand the depth of our own bodies' meaning, worth and purpose?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #body
NEW POST: The Weight of Absence
What is the metaphysics behind the feeling of something being gone from our lives?
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What is the metaphysics behind the feeling of something being gone from our lives?
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The Weight of Absence — Awkward Asian Theologian
At New Year’s Eve, we may have been guilty of singing Auld Lang Syne , and exhorting those with us to forget old acquaintances and never bring them to mind. This is probably a desirable outcome in re...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
NEW POST: The Weight of Absence
What is the metaphysics behind the feeling of something being gone from our lives?
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What is the metaphysics behind the feeling of something being gone from our lives?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #absence #theology #philosophy
NEW POST: Blindfolded by Dental Floss
What is the relation between racism and heresy, according to conciliar and papal teaching?
A postscript to our first podcast episode of season 3 of Awkard Asian Theologians
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What is the relation between racism and heresy, according to conciliar and papal teaching?
A postscript to our first podcast episode of season 3 of Awkard Asian Theologians
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#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians
Blindfolded by Dental Floss — Awkward Asian Theologian
Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome back to another year of theological content. We begin the year with the first episode of season 3 of our podcast, Awkward Asian Theologians , which dropped o...
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January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
NEW POST: Blindfolded by Dental Floss
What is the relation between racism and heresy, according to conciliar and papal teaching?
A postscript to our first podcast episode of season 3 of Awkard Asian Theologians
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#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians
What is the relation between racism and heresy, according to conciliar and papal teaching?
A postscript to our first podcast episode of season 3 of Awkard Asian Theologians
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#awkwardasiantheologian #awkwardasiantheologians
New Year, New Content!
Coming this week, and new blog post on AwkwardAsianTheologian.com this Friday!
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Coming this week, and new blog post on AwkwardAsianTheologian.com this Friday!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
New Year, New Content!
Coming this week, and new blog post on AwkwardAsianTheologian.com this Friday!
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theology
Coming this week, and new blog post on AwkwardAsianTheologian.com this Friday!
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theology
NEW POST- Before That Love Celestial: Incarnation (Part 3 / 3)
How does Christmas provide answer to the metaphysical question of love and distance?
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How does Christmas provide answer to the metaphysical question of love and distance?
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Before That Love Celestial: Incarnation — Awkward Asian Theologian
The past two posts looked that the poignant couplet between distance and love, with Byung Chul Han’s notion of “the negativity of otherness” as the lens to explore how, as suggested in my first post ...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW POST- Before That Love Celestial: Incarnation (Part 3 / 3)
How does Christmas provide answer to the metaphysical question of love and distance?
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How does Christmas provide answer to the metaphysical question of love and distance?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #alfreddelp #incarnation #christmas #jesus #neworder #world
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NEW POST - Before that Love Celestial: Collision (Part 2 / 3)
What is the relationship between love and distance?
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What is the relationship between love and distance?
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Before That Love Celestial: Collision — Awkward Asian Theologian
This is the second of a three part series on love and distance . In a previous post , I looked at the planetary allegory to love as an illustration of Han’s concept of the negativity of otherness, w...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW POST - Before that Love Celestial: Collision (Part 2 / 3)
What is the relationship between love and distance?
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What is the relationship between love and distance?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #artist #francisgoya #fantasy #reason #monsters
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW POST: Before that Love Celestial - Distance (Part 1 / 3)
What is the link between distance and intimacy?
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What is the link between distance and intimacy?
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Before That Love Celestial: Distance — Awkward Asian Theologian
This is the first of a three part series on love and distance . While scrolling through YouTube (and I know you do it too!), I stumbled upon a song from one arguably my favourite synthpop act The Mid...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
NEW POST: Before that Love Celestial - Distance (Part 1 / 3)
What is the link between distance and intimacy?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #philosophy
What is the link between distance and intimacy?
is.gd/DZjfru
#awkwardasiantheologian #philosophy
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #saintquotes #johndamascene #matter #incarnation #feastday #god #worship
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 7:52 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
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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
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
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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
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?
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#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?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
In what sense is the common a precondition for proper sociopolitical life?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #nye #communionandliberation
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologian #christian #catholic #quote #lyrics #cranberries #zombie #violence #silence #contemplation #falsereligion
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Upcoming Book Announcement: A Theological Engagement with Pornography
Overview and excerpt included
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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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October 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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
#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #saintquotes #stbernardofclairvaux #guardianangels #feastday
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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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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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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?
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How can a Marxist reading of Paul help us better understand our relationship to the task of evangelization?
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#awkwardasiantheologian #christianblogger #theologian #theologians #christian #catholic #quote #vaclachavel #ideology #identity #part #whole
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
