Awkward Asian Theologians

S2E3 There Is No Asian, Only Duty! Mission


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Matt and Dan kick things off by casually showing off their wristwear, channelling peak Asian salaryman energy, before limping valiantly into the Church’s missionary posture (not that posture, you degenerate).

Along the way, they acknowledge the burnout risk faced by missionaries, like it’s Lunar New Year and they’re the last firecracker still sparking. In a move bound to disappoint the ancestors, they float a spicy proposition: maybe mission isn’t just about divine task completion and unquestioning obedience. Maybe faith is more than duty. They even dare to talk about love and relationships, concepts completely foreign to the Asian, toasting the joy of divine filiation with a schooner of Yakult.

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Opus Dei: What is Divine Filiation

For Watches: Lemonsha in Ginza

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Awkward Asian TheologiansBy Matthew Tan and Daniel Ang