The Rich Young Ruler and Christian Ethics
A Proposal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21744541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald McKenny (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-76 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1540-7942 • E-ISSN: 2326-2176 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/jsce202051824 |
| OpenAlex | W3026418908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Christian ethics the Gospel story of the encounter of a rich young ruler with Jesus has been interpreted in two major ways: one that treats Jesus’ directive to the ruler as a counsel that goes beyond the commandments the ruler claims to have kept, and another that treats the directive as contained in the commandments and exposing his failure to keep them. I reconstruct Calvin’s version of the second interpretation, contrast it with Aquinas’s version of the first, and point out some problems with it. I then formulate a revised version that avoids the problems and amounts to a promising alternative for Christian ethics
Directive · Gospel · Political science · Ruler · Ten Commandments · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious Education and Schools
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |