Inimicus Intrinsicus?: Interior Conflict, Conscience, and Formation: Case Study of the Neocatechumenal Way

Inimicus Intrinsicus? examines the Neocatechumenal Way through four independent analytical frameworks: existential psychology, Stoic philosophy, Sun Tzu's strategic analysis, and Thomistic moral theology. Written by a licensed clinical mental health counselor with nearly three decades of experience, this scholarly-pastoral work explores how structured religious formation systems shape identity, conscience, and interior freedom. Drawing on clinical observation, primary source analysis, and theological reflection, the work invites careful examination of how formation processes can strengthen - or substitute for - the human capacities for judgment, meaning-making, and authentic faith. When four distinct traditions of thought converge upon the same patterns, the convergence itself becomes the evidence. This is not an indictment. It is an inquiry.