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

基督教伦理学家南希·达夫 (Nancy Duff) 认为，对福音的启示性聆听会引发对基督教道德生活的抛物线理解。如何阐述这一主张的神学基础和基本原理？由上帝在耶稣基督里的启示录福音资助的人类生活是什么使“比喻”成为对其行为质量的恰当描述？以及如何详细阐述这些概念以更广泛地丰富我们对负责任的道德行为的理解？本文通过与 J. Louis Martyn、Christopher Morse 和 Paul Ricoeur 的工作进行连续对话来探讨这些问题。最后，它展示了这些主题的显着性，与朋霍费尔后来对基督教世界残骸中基督徒生活的独特品质的反思有关。全面的，