Parabolic Life: Toward an Ethics of God’s Apocalypse

Christian ethicist Nancy Duff has suggested that an apocalyptic hearing of the gospel elicits a parabolic understanding moral life. How might theological basis and rationale this claim be elaborated? What is it about human life funded by God’s apocalypse in Jesus Christ makes ‘parable’ apt description quality its action? And how these notions elaborated to enrich our responsible action more generally? This article explores questions way running conversation with work J. Louis Martyn, Christopher Morse Paul Ricoeur. It concludes showing salience themes relation Bonhoeffer’s later reflections upon distinctive wreckage Christendom. Overall, solid currency construal character for present pursuit ethics recommended.