Emil Brunner’s The Divine Imperative

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Emil Brunner’s *The Divine Imperative* is a foundational neo-orthodox theological work that articulates a Christ-centered, revelation-based approach to Christian ethics in opposition to liberal moral theology.

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instanceOf Christian ethics treatise ⓘ
theological book ⓘ
arguesAgainst ethical autonomy ⓘ
naturalistic foundations of ethics ⓘ
arguesThat Christian ethics is grounded in God’s personal command ⓘ
ethical obligation arises from God’s self-revelation in Christ ⓘ
ethics cannot be based on autonomous human reason alone ⓘ
author Emil Brunner ⓘ
centralConcept command of God ⓘ
divine imperative ⓘ
claimsThat God’s command is concrete and situational ⓘ
ethical norms are derived from God’s living address ⓘ
the will of God is known through revelation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
emphasis Christ-centered ethics ⓘ
obedience as central ethical category ⓘ
personal encounter with God ⓘ
relation between revelation and command ⓘ
revelation-based ethics ⓘ
focusesOn Christian ethics ⓘ
genre Christian moral theology ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
historicalContext interwar European theology ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Protestant ethics ⓘ
neo-orthodox moral theology ⓘ
influencedBy Karl Barth’s early theology ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
biblical personalism ⓘ
keyTheme critique of relativism in morality ⓘ
divine command and human freedom ⓘ
objectivity of God’s will in ethics ⓘ
responsibility before the personal God ⓘ
language German ⓘ
opposes liberal moral theology ⓘ
originalTitle Das Gebot Gottes ⓘ
linked to: The Jealous God
publicationYear 1932 ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Man in Revolt ⓘ
The Divine-Human Encounter ⓘ
subjectMatter authority of God’s command ⓘ
critique of Kantian ethics ⓘ
critique of liberal Protestant ethics ⓘ
relation of law and gospel in ethics ⓘ
theologicalPosition priority of revelation over natural theology in ethics ⓘ
rejection of purely immanent moral principles ⓘ
theologicalTradition neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
viewsChristAs center of moral revelation ⓘ

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