Epistemological Limits, Methodological Delimitability, and Kenotic Ethics: A Self-Critical Hermeneutical Audit of "Redemptive Masochistic Testimony (RMT)", "The Ontology of Preservation", and "Hospitality Theology"
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: A viable theological hermeneutic must possess not only interpretive range, but the explicit ethical and procedural capacity to cease operation. This document provides a comprehensive hermeneutical audit across three integrated frameworks: Redemptive Masochistic Testimony (RMT), The Ontology of Preservation, and Hospitality Theology. Moving away from natural-scientific claims of empirical falsifiability, this addendum re-defines its rigor through hermeneutical contestability, exclusion criteria, and conditions of non-applicability. It explicitly establishes that no suffering automatically enters RMT, no subject may be coerced into self-dissection, and Hospitality Theology is a complete, non-instrumental theological end in itself. (Methodological Addendum, Boundary Statement & Ethics Protocol, v3.0 Final Master Edition)
Author: Chan, Mingwai
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221819672
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