Epistemological Limits, Methodological Delimitability, and Kenotic Ethics: A Self-Critical Hermeneutical Audit of "Redemptive Masochistic Testimony (RMT)", "The Ontology of Preservation", and "Hospitality Theology"

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)

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23359098
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Theological Perspectives and Practices
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Epistemological Limits, Methodological Delimitability, and Kenotic Ethics: A Self-Critical Hermeneutical Audit of "Redemptive Masochistic Testimony (RMT)", "The Ontology of Preservation", and "Hospitality Theology"

Mingwai Chan
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Theological Perspectives and Practices
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Epistemological Limits, Methodological Delimitability, and Kenotic Ethics: A Self-Critical Hermeneutical Audit of "Redemptive Masochistic Testimony (RMT)", "The Ontology of Preservation", and "Hospitality Theology"

Mingwai Chan
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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)

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