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By Januarius Jingwa (JJ) Asongu, PhD, author of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility in Practice

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a central feature of modern corporate discourse. Yet too often, it remains confined to the language of strategy, branding, and regulatory compliance. Many organizations adopt CSR programs to strengthen reputation, mitigate risk, or enhance stakeholder relations. While these objectives are legitimate, they are insufficient. My approach, grounded...

By Januarius Asongu, PhD, author of Holistic Resilience, Hidden Selves and Beyond Doctrine.

As Valentine’s Day arrives, love is everywhere—on storefronts, in songs, in quiet gestures exchanged between people who have chosen one another. Yet for many LGBTQ+ believers, love still comes with a warning label. Their commitments are tolerated at best, condemned at worst, and often described by religious authorities as something less than fully human, less than fully worthy of blessing.

This tension...

By Januarius Asongu, Author of Beyond Doctrine

There are moments in history when silence becomes complicity. This is one of those moments. American Christianity now stands at a crossroads—not merely political, but spiritual. The question before us is not about party affiliation. It is about lordship. It is about whether Christians will follow Jesus Christ or bow, knowingly or unknowingly, before the idol of political power.

Scripture is unambiguous. Jesus declares in Matthew 6:24: “No one can...

By Prof. Januarius Asongu (Written on the occasion of Mgr Bushu's 80th birthday on July 31, 2024)

“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
~ William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)

His Lordship, the Right Reverend Dr. Immanuel Banlanjo Bushu, PhD, DD, emeritus bishop of Buea, stands as a towering figure of faith, leadership, and service. His tenure as bishop was marked by profound dedication to his flock, a deep commitment to education, and...

We cannot defend democracy by obliterating its foundations.
by Januarius Asongu, For The Inquirer
Published Jan. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET

The images are historic and alarming: Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, captured and transported by a U.S. warship to stand trial in a New York federal court. President Donald Trump hails this as justice, promising Maduro will face the “full might of American justice.”

But this is not justice. It is its opposite.

Maduro is an autocrat. I do not support...

Dear Archbishop Nkea:

Greetings! Your statement urging Cameroonians to “leave the Bishops to preach their gospel” profoundly misses the point. The Gospel is Christ’s—a public truth demanding ethical witness. Neutrality in the face of corruption is not fidelity; it is complicity in what our theology calls structures of sin.

The Church’s history is written by prophets and martyrs who contradicted unjust power. Today, a damaging “unease” with this prophetic role has taken hold. Critical Liberative...

Your Excellencies,

I write with profound respect and ecclesial deference to petition, jointly and formally, for the opening of a diocesan inquiry into the life, virtues, and reputation for holiness (fama sanctitatis) of Fr. John Brummelhuis, MHM, a Dutch missionary priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries whose ministry profoundly shaped the Church and society in what is today the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province of Cameroon.

This petition is respectfully addressed to Your Excellencies collectively,...

By Prof. Januarius Asongu

The recent decision by the Cameroon Episcopal Conference to train seminarians at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Bambui (STAMS), on safeguarding minors and vulnerable persons is a welcome and commendable development. It signals an important recognition that the Church must take seriously its responsibility to protect the vulnerable and to form future priests with a clear understanding of moral boundaries, human dignity, and pastoral responsibility. Formation that...