This article investigates Schleiermacher’s ethics in relation to two important questions in public theology: how should a Christian negotiate their religious and civic identities in between church and state and how should this relationship direct Christian life and action? In his Philosophical Ethics, the spheres of the state and church carry distinct roles and responsibilities toward attaining the highest good. In his Christian Ethics, the conception of broadening action in the outer sphere prescribes how Christians ought to expand the reign of God. Integrating insights from both sources shows Schleiermacher’s commitment to the church as the central medium of communication for expanding the redemptive work of Christ through a collective embodiment of God-consciousness. This work can come alongside the state’s work for national unity but it is never beholden to it because Christians are ultimately called to a greater mission to expand God’s reign in all spheres of human community.

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在每个领域扩大上帝的统治：在施莱尔马赫的哲学和基督教伦理学中理解教会与国家之间的基督教行动

本文探讨了与公共神学中两个重要问题相关的施莱尔马赫伦理学：基督徒应该如何在教会与国家之间协商他们的宗教和公民身份，以及这种关系应该如何指导基督徒的生活和行动？在他的哲学伦理学，国家和教会的领域在实现最高利益方面承担着不同的角色和责任。在他的基督教伦理，在外层扩大行动的概念规定了基督徒应该如何扩大上帝的统治。整合来自这两个来源的见解表明，施莱尔马赫致力于将教会作为沟通的中心媒介，通过神意识的集体化身来扩展基督的救赎工作。这项工作可以与国家为民族团结所做的工作并驾齐驱，但它永远不会受制于它，因为基督徒最终被呼召去完成一个更大的使命，以扩大上帝在人类社区所有领域的统治。