By Januarius Asongu, PhD
The bells of Augsburg Cathedral rise gently over the city, their sound diffused by centuries of stone, memory, and the soft rain of a Bavarian dawn....
Abstract
The Catholic Church has long maintained a strict separation between sacramental confession and psychological therapy, frequently asserting that...
1. Introduction: The Question That Remains
We have journeyed through a reconstruction of one of theology's most enduring doctrines. Sin reinterpreted as...
1. Introduction: From Healing to Reconstruction of the World
The argument of this book has unfolded in a deliberate progression. We began with the...
1. Introduction: From Individual Healing to Communal Formation
The preceding chapters have established that the human condition is marked by epistemic...
1. Introduction: From Initiation to Formation
The preceding chapter argued that baptism is an epistemic event—the sacramental reconstitution of the human...
1. Introduction: From Epistemic Healing to Sacramental Embodiment
The preceding chapter argued that grace heals the conditions of knowing. If sin is...
1. Introduction: From Diagnosis to Redemption
The preceding chapters have argued that the human condition is marked by epistemic fracture—a structural...
1. Introduction: From Resistance to Sin
The preceding chapter demonstrated that human beings do not merely fail to know; they resist correction....
1. Introduction: The Problem of Resistance
The preceding chapters have established that the human condition is marked by epistemic fracture—a structural...
By Januarius Asongu
1. Introduction: From Doctrine to Structure
In the previous chapter, we argued that the traditional doctrine of original sin can be fruitfully reinterpreted...
1. Introduction: The Conceptual Failure of Dominant Accounts of Sin
Few doctrines have shaped Christian theology as profoundly as the doctrine of sin. Yet few...
By Januarius Jingwa Asongu, PhD
Saint Monica University, Buea, Cameroon
The contemporary “post-truth” condition reflects not merely political polarization or digital...
Contemporary societies face an intensifying crisis of epistemic fragmentation characterized by...
Contemporary societies face a profound crisis of knowledge fragmentation manifested in...
Philosophical traditions are sustained not only through arguments but also through conceptual...
Contemporary societies face a growing crisis of epistemic fragmentation characterized by the...
By Januarius Jingwa Asongu
Contemporary intellectual life is characterized by an increasing fragmentation of knowledge systems....
The concept contra naturam (“contrary to nature”) has historically played a decisive role in Catholic moral theology, particularly in the...
The defining struggle of the twenty-first century is not merely geopolitical, economic, or technological. It is...
