HeyJaredAwkward Asian Theologians
Awkward Asian Theologians is the audio project of AwkwardAsianTheologian.com, and is a collaboration between Matthew Tan (Dean of Studies at Vianney College Seminary in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga) and Daniel Ang (Director of the Archdiocese of Sydney's Centre for…
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S4E5 In the Beginning Was Not the Algorithm: AI (opens the original)
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The Asians make up for their suspiciously short episode on priesthood by serving a banquet-sized discussion of AI—or, more precisely, Pope Leo’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence, Magnifica Humanitas . As papal documents continue to grow longer than a wedding banquet, they resist sampling every dish and instead select the greatest hits. They read the encyclical against the realities of contemporary economic life and the century-old tradition of Catholic Social Teaching, paying particul
S4E4 Priests, Potatoes and the People of God: Priesthood (opens the original)
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In this episode, Matt and Dan contemplate two of life’s great mysteries: plants and potatoes and, by a winding path that would make perfect sense in a Chinese garden, the joys of priesthood. The Asians approach priesthood without focusing exclusively on priests. This is partly for the obvious reason that neither of them is one, and partly because fomenting class warfare within the Church seems like a poor use of an afternoon. More importantly, however, it is because Christian priesthood only mak
S4E3 Everything Everywhere All at Mass: Complexity (opens the original)
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Matt and Dan begin by demonstrating that they learnt absolutely nothing from their previous episode, returning almost immediately to their unconscious devotion to the rubrics - and, with the serene confidence of an auntie rearranging your kitchen, innovation at exactly the same time. This naturally, or perhaps unnaturally, becomes a discussion about complexity and what the Asians detect as a cultural crusade against it: the conviction that everything, including the intellectual and spiritual lif
S4E2 Kowtowing to Succulent Gods: Idolatry (opens the original)
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In this episode, Daniel and Matt begin with the enduring contribution of Chinese cuisine to Australian civilisation before taking an unexpected detour into the murky world of idolatry. Along the way they dismantle the popular idea that idols are simply pagan statues or foreign gods and ask a far more uncomfortable question: what actually receives our deepest loyalty, trust and desire? Drawing on Scripture, the Church Fathers and a little Greek word-nerdery (because, of course, everything is Gree
S4E1 Jesus, Giussani & the Asian Auntie: Presence (opens the original)
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The Asians are back! Armed with highlighted books, unearned anxiety, and the emotional resilience of jasmine tea, Matt and Dan kick off a new season reflecting on their first (entirely unofficial) live event: a Communion & Liberation panel launching the second edition of Luigi Giussani's At the Origin of the Christian Claim . Somewhere between Giussani, Chinese family dynamics, and a theological detour into Pokémon, they argue that Christianity isn't an exam to ace or a family reputation to main
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