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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459696903321

Titolo

The science and theology of Godly love / / edited by Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong ; Julia Fauci, design ; contributors Paul Alexander [and eleven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

DeKalb, Illinois : , : NIU Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-5017-5790-3

1-60909-057-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

231/.6

Soggetti

God - Worship and love

God - Love

Religion and science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I�Theology and Godly Love""; ""One�Godly Love""; ""Two�Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Mutuality""; ""Three�Imago Dei and Kenosis""; ""Four�Violence and Nonviolence in Conceptualizations of Godly Love""; ""Five�Testing Creaturely Love and God�s Causal Role""; ""Part II�Social Science and Godly Love""; ""Six�Methodological Agnosticism for the Social Sciences?""; ""Seven�Godly Love from the Perspective of Psychology""; ""Eight�Sociology, Philosophy, and the Empirical Study of Godly Love""

""Nine�Socialization, Empirical Studies, and Godly Love""""Ten�Toward a Grounded Theory of Godly Love""; ""Conclusion""; ""Contributors""; ""INDEX""