Catholics Read Cautionary Tales for Children
The team explore Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales for Children, discussing the absurd comedy of the text and the incongruity theory of humour.
Browsing: Philosophy
Theology of Running Away
Dr. Matthew Tan looks at popular media to help us explore the deep linkages that pop culture’s trope of escape has with the Christian tradition.
The Grammar of a Christian Act
Dr Matthew Tan explains why intentions cannot be relied on in isolation – and why therefore the Church plays such a vital role in Christian actions.
Bishop Comensoli: The Art of Being Human
Bishop Peter Comensoli from the Diocese of Broken Bay gives a talk about the human person as “being human” and not just a “human being”.
The Lovesick Platonist
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.
Should Speech be Free?
We speak to philosophy lecturer Dr Renee Kohler-Ryan about the history of free speech, the purpose of this right, and the strengths & weaknesses of both sides of the free speech argument – particularly as it has played out in Australia in recent years.
On Last Times
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.
Screaming Wisdom
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.