Royal Moral Influence: Configuring Christ's Kingship and Christian Morality through Mèngzi ??and Aquinas
This article develops a comparative account of Christ's kingship in order to articulate this doctrine's relevance for the contemporary context. Drawing upon the political philosophy of the early Confucian Mengzi and Aquinas' reading of Christ's headship, I suggest that Christ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Modern theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 618-636 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mengzi 372 BC-289 BC
/ Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Song, Choan-Seng 1929-
/ Christology
/ King
/ Moral act
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| IxTheo Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations NBF Christology NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | This article develops a comparative account of Christ's kingship in order to articulate this doctrine's relevance for the contemporary context. Drawing upon the political philosophy of the early Confucian Mengzi and Aquinas' reading of Christ's headship, I suggest that Christ's kingship be understood in terms of royal moral influence, meaning that Christ the King is the unique ground of the Christian moral life. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12444 |