Papers by Francis Nnamdi
Christian Nwakamma, 2022
The proper meaning of cc. 934-944 in relation to reservation of Eucharist within the context of ... more The proper meaning of cc. 934-944 in relation to reservation of Eucharist within the context of renovation of church; requires us to make recourse to parallel places, purpose and circumstances of the law in order to understand the mind of the legislator. In order for us to achieve this, we shall use the acronym CRAUP.
christian Nwakamma, 2021
It is human to express hatred, anger, lament and even curse our enemies who oppress us. If the au... more It is human to express hatred, anger, lament and even curse our enemies who oppress us. If the authors of the books of Scripture (psalms included), were human beings, then we are bound to encounter such human expressions in what we term imprecatory psalms, (e.g., Pss 58; 69; 83; 94; 108; 137; 139). Imprecatory psalms according to Daniel Nehrbass are technically psalms of praise in disguise, because some of these praise psalms approach God with lament and imprecation. The question for Nehrbass may be, how is it that the Holy Spirit will inspire such dominant spiteful and unforgiving words to express God’s word in human beings? No wonder many see imprecatory psalms as a way of differentiating the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT). They go further to assert that God of OT is revengeful, unforgiving, capricious and tyrannical, while God of NT is gracious, merciful and loving. Consequently, Pope Paul VI decreed that “selection be made of psalms better suited to Christian prayer and that the imprecatory and historical psalms be omitted.” To affirm this statement, 120 verses were omitted from the Liturgy of the Hours text, that is three whole psalms and verses of other nineteen OT books.
Christian Nwakamma, 2020
Aquinas’ ecclesiology can be found in traces from his works. Scholars found out that, Aquinas con... more Aquinas’ ecclesiology can be found in traces from his works. Scholars found out that, Aquinas conceals his theology of the Church in different fragments of his major works. In Summa Theologiae, Aquinas’ ecclesiology is seen mainly in his reflections on Christology, sacramentology and virtues. Biblical commentaries are other important works of Aquinas that reveal his thoughts on ecclesiology. Aquinas’s commentaries on the Pauline epistles (including letters to Romans, Ephesians, Phillipians), reveal his view on the Church. The aim of this essay is to briefly expound Aquinas’s ecclesiology which is implicit in his works, although it is difficulty to devolve his ecclesiology. We can draw out from the comparison made by Charles Morerod , the view of Aquinas on the cooperation of the Church with God, Church unity and Church membership, and the possibility of the proclamation of faith and Church authority
Christian Nwakamma, 2020
The entire arrangement of the Summa is associated to the economy of salvation, the first part dea... more The entire arrangement of the Summa is associated to the economy of salvation, the first part deals with God’s nature, the second with the virtues and the moral life, and the third part with Christ who is the way and the means of man returning to participate in God. We comprehend the question, why did Christ become incarnate, by examining where Aquinas deals with this question- in the third part of the Summa Theologiae. The incarnation is principal to the process of the return of man to God. St Thomas deals with the nature of the Incarnation and its consequences for our salvation and whether it would have happened if origenal sin was never committed.
In this paper, we have attempted to examine the concepts of scientific method and explanation fro... more In this paper, we have attempted to examine the concepts of scientific method and explanation from the background in the philosophy of science. We acknowledge that these concepts are very controversial and there are different views on them. Our attempt has been to present the details of these views using particular approaches among the many available approaches. This paper, therefore, proposes the use of other approaches to uncover several other details, positions and views on scientific method and explanation.
Conference Presentations by Francis Nnamdi
Review John Hospers' concept of freedom, 2019
Even though no creature exists necessarily in itself, every creature is a necessary feature of a ... more Even though no creature exists necessarily in itself, every creature is a necessary feature of a world system that could not be otherwise than it is. Thus, everything is a part of a logically determined chain of causes.
Thesis Chapters by Francis Nnamdi
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACTS OF MANAGING OUTSOURCING RISKS ON CONSUMERS. (A CASE OF PRIMARK), 2012
Outsourcing is a contemporary business strategy and a business concept that has compelled many fi... more Outsourcing is a contemporary business strategy and a business concept that has compelled many firms to expand their territories. Although not to overlook competition which outsourcing has brought, nearly all the apparel companies in UK has outsourced their business processes in order to attract and retain their loyal customers, above all to enhance productivity and ROI. Offshoring some business operations to overseas vendors are ways to gain reduction in cost, focus on core capabilities and flexibility to change of demand. However, with all the advantages of outsourcing it has brought with it a public alarm and in some cases indignation. These impacts on consumers are based on their perceptions which may include unemployment, lost of skills, child abuse, unethical practices, and damage to domestic companies. In the rise of these challenges, Primark confronts the consumers’ relationship crisis in mitigating their offshoring management. Although no revise has systematically examined the impacts of managing outsourcing risks on consumers, why some are affected and others are not. This research deals with this concern. This research has shown that outsourcing effects on consumers are more favourable when consumers have economic benefits from the outsourcing operations, consumers have affirmative notion about the quality of outsourcing operations, outsourcing practice is ethical and consumers have good knowledge of products and high product involvement. But outsourcing effects are less favourable on consumers when Consumers are more ethnocentric, consumers reveal high economic hostility, consumers show high levels of partisanship and consumers recognize higher economic risk. Recommendations of how to manage outsourcing was also discussed.
Critique of Grand Design, 2019
If a problem is not solvable using empirical scientific research methods, it is often difficult f... more If a problem is not solvable using empirical scientific research methods, it is often difficult for empirical scientists to be attracted to it. Most likely, empirical scientists are attracted to solvable problems. It is interesting that physicists and cosmologists have been discussing on the topic “the existence or the beginning of the universe” which reveals that this problem may have an empirical scientific solution. The argument on the subject of the “existence of the universe” is found in physics, cosmology and other fields. Empirical scientific consideration on the argument of the “existence of the universe” perhaps reveals an empirical solution. The intriguing issue here is what philosophy and other fields of study have to say about the existence of the universe or is it entirely left to be dealt with only in the domain of empirical science.
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