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Love

A Brief History Through Western Christianity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

AvCarter Lindberg

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3,000 years of ideas about the nature of love in Western culture are brought together in this concise history. By blending the works of many scholars and examining the significant lives, works, and movements associated with love, Love: A Brief History Through Western Christianity traces the evolution and impact of this timeless topic. Takes the reader on a lightning but enlightening journey through 3,000 years of the idea of love Examines the influential movements, people, and work that have helped shape our notion of love in Western culture, written by a key figure in religious history Tackles the historical and religious concept in Western society, and our efforts to apply ideas of love to social concerns Explores diverse periods and examples – from the theological and philosophical texts of figures such as Augustine, Luther, and Feuerbach to intellectual movements like Romanticism and tragic historic figures such as Abelard and Heloise Contributes valuable insights into one of history’s most inexhaustible and timeless topics, spanning biblical views of love including monasticism and pietism, romantic notions of love, through to today’s liberal religion and concept of love as self-fulfillment.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-03-28
Mått142 x 196 x 23 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Antal sidor208
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780631235989

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Preface ix1 The Language of Love 12 Biblical Views of Love 193 A World Without Love? The Greco-Roman World and Early Christianity 364 Caritas: The Augustinian Synthesis of Biblical Agape and Hellenistic Eros 515 Love and the Individual: Abelard and Bernard 666 Mystics and Troubadours 847 Faith Formed by Love: Scholasticism 1038 Faith Active in Love: Reformation 1189 Love as Service: Pietism and the Diaconal Movements 13310 Love in the Modern World 146Conclusion: Concluding Unscientific Postscript 168Bibliography 172Index 191

“Lindberg’s readable and enjoyable history is framed by an account of eros and agape.” (International Journal of Systematic Theology, 19 June 2015)"Overall, Lindberg offers a significant work, one which will be helpful for pastors, seminarians, graduate students, and interested lay people." (Lutheran Quaterly, 2011) "Lindberg has written an excellent book that deserves a wide readership. Its vastness of scope is breathtaking and its selection of topics comprehensive.." (Reviews in Religion & Theology, 2010)“Any scholar or general reader who wishes to grapple with the nature of love may find this book and its bibliography a fine place to start.” (The Catholic Historical Review, January 2009)"A wonderful overview of the ways in which the theme of love has been presented and reflected upon from biblical times to the late 20th century." (Church Times, November 2008)