Visions of Agapé

Problems and Possibilities in Human and Divine Love
Herausgeber: Boyd, Craig A

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together philosophical and theological perspectives on agapistic love. The aim of the text is to illuminate the nature of unlimited love by distinct and integrative approaches to the intersection of the divine and the human. Various scientific approaches to human forms of love seem to shed light on our nature as social beings. Bu

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781032179940
• ISBN-10: 1032179945
• Artikelnr.: 62574453

Autorenporträt

Craig A. Boyd is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of Faith Integration at Azusa Pacific University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: perspectives on love and Agapé; The perichoretic nature of love: beyond the perfection model
Craig A. Boyd; Nature
grace and measuring Agapé: science
religion
and the 'flame of love'
Stephen G. Post; The love of God the Father: Agapé and masculinity
Ruth Groenhout; Agapé and nonviolence
Nancey Murphy; Can love be commanded? Kierkergaard's view of neighbor love
C. Stephen Evans; Agapé
brokenness and theological realism in L'Arche
Kevin S. Reimer; God's love encountering human love: psychological perspectives informing (and informed by) theology
Alan C. Tjeltveit; That than which nothing more lovely can be conceived
F. LeRon Shults; A relational God and unlimited love
Thomas Jay Oord; Index.