1st Edition

A Theological Engagement with Pornography

By Matthew John Paul Tan Copyright 2026
90 Pages
by Routledge

90 Pages
by Routledge

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 analyses end up missing important theological dimensions of pornography, and in so missing those dimensions, leave important aspects of the cultural power of pornography unaddressed. The book argues... Read more

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Biography

Matthew John Paul Tan is Dean of Studies at Vianney College, the seminary of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga in Australia. He also serves as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia.