By Januarius Asongu, PhD
I — The Problem Civilizational Theory Has Never Solved
Civilizations rise. Civilizations flourish. Civilizations decline.
This pattern is universally...
By Januarius Asongu
I — Religion as an Epistemic Institution
Civilizations do not arise solely through material organization or technological capability. They emerge first...
I — The Concept of Epistemic Sovereignty
Chapter 1 established that civilizations survive only insofar as they preserve reliable mediation between belief...
I — Civilization and the Problem of Truth
Human civilizations have traditionally been interpreted through their visible achievements: political...
I. The Oldest Question
One of the oldest questions in human reflection concerns the rise and fall of civilizations. Across centuries, historians,...
By Januarius Jingwa (JJ) Asongu, PhD
Abstract
This article argues that Synthetic Theological Realism (STR), a recently completed manuscript, provides the systematic and...
By George Chrysostom Nchumbonga Lekelefac
Twentieth-century Christian theology was shaped decisively by the tension between Christian realism, exemplified by Reinhold...
By Januarius J. Asongu, PhD
Contemporary research methodology remains fragmented across quantitative, qualitative, critical, and pragmatic paradigms. While methodological...
I. Theology After FragmentationThe theological project developed throughout this volume began from a diagnosis increasingly recognized across...
I — The End of Theological Certainty and the Beginning of Reconstruction
The contemporary theological situation may be described as one of profound...
I — The Liberation Question After Realism
The preceding chapters established the ontological, methodological, and epistemological foundations of...
I — The Problem of the Bridge
The preceding chapter argued that theological realism requires development because truth exceeds human comprehension. Yet...
I — The Temptation of Theological Stagnation
The crisis confronting contemporary theology is not merely fragmentation, skepticism, or cultural pluralism....
I — The Emergence of the Critical Moment
The recovery of synthesis as the governing structure of theological reasoning inevitably introduces a further...
I — Theology as Synthetic Intelligence
The recovery of theological realism achieved in the previous chapter raises an unavoidable methodological...
I — The Return to Reality
The crisis diagnosed in the preceding chapter ultimately reduces to a single philosophical question: Is reality prior to...
By Januarius Asongu, PhD, author of Beyond Doctrine and The Splendor of Truth
I — Theology at the End of Certainty
The contemporary theological situation is frequently described...
By Januarius Jingwa Asongu, PhD, author of Beyond Doctrine and The Splendor of Truth
In this article, I outline the trajectory of my theological project, moving from the...
By Januarius J. Asongu (First Draft)I. The Philosophical Situation of Our AgeHumanity has entered an age of unprecedented knowledge and unprecedented confusion. Scientific...
By Januarius Jingwa Asongu
Contemporary theology finds itself suspended between two opposing crises. On one side stands theological fundamentalism, which treats...