Héritier (Jérémie) Kinzamba, S.J.
Héritier (Jérémie) Kinzamba, S.J.
Contact
Stokes N220C
Email: frkinzam@bc.edu
Education
- B.A. Theology, Hekima University College
- B.A. and M.A., Université Loyola du Congo
- STL & Th.M: JST of Santa Clara University
Research Interests
Human Existence and Meaning
Phenomenology
Environmental Philosophy
Liturgy and Inculturation
Department
Biography
What would constitute a truly meaningful human existence? My research focuses on exploring the question of the meaning of human existence within the context of intersubjectivity through the works of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gabriel Marcel, and Charles Taylor. I explore how connections between individuals help shape this meaning. Along the same line, I am interested in the issue of dehumanization, analyzing theoretical assumptions and processes behind its development while searching on ways of restoring the core of humanity in those alienated.
PUBLICATIONS
“Environmental Integrity: Regenerative Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Hekima Review 68 (May 2024): 153-165.
“Health and Human Dignity: The Existential Cost of Well-being. Hekima Review 59 (December 2018): 54-64.
“La Critique Baconienne de l’Ancienne Tradition Méthodologique de la Science: Aristote et la Scolastique en Procès dans Novum Organum, Livre I, de Francis Bacon” [The Baconian Critique of the Ancient Methodological Tradition of Science: Aristotle and Scholasticism on Trial in Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum, Book I]. Raison Ardente 97 (May 2014): 65-78.
“Enquête sur l’Homme” [Investigation on Human Being]. Raison Ardente 92-93 (February 2013): 127-140.
PRESENTATION
Presentation: “Being with(in): Gabriel Marcel’s Concept of Presence.” Northeast Philosophy of Religion Colloquium, Fordham University (September 2024).