02592nam 22006134a 450 991078535350332120230725025500.01-282-86853-597866128685350-567-46912-3(CKB)2670000000055830(EBL)601795(OCoLC)676697840(SSID)ssj0000429612(PQKBManifestationID)11965356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429612(PQKBWorkID)10430830(PQKB)10990139(MiAaPQ)EBC601795(Au-PeEL)EBL601795(CaPaEBR)ebr10427232(CaONFJC)MIL286853(OCoLC)893335193(EXLCZ)99267000000005583020100701d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA theology of love[electronic resource] /Werner G. JeanrondLondon ;New York T & T Clarkc20101 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-13037-1 0-567-64692-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-279) and indexes.Horizons of love -- Biblical challenges to a theology of love -- Augustine's theology of God's love -- Rediscovering the loving subject -- Love as agape -- The unity of love and desire -- Institutions of love -- The politics of love -- The love of God.This book explores the different dimensions of Christian love. It argues that all expressions of love are wrestling with the challenge of otherness and hence with the experience of transcendence. The development of Christian concepts of love is discussed with particular reference to the different horizons and the variety of approaches to love in the Bible, Augustine, medieval theology, Protestant agape-theology, Catholic approaches to desire, and contemporary philosophy and sociology. The discussion of the rich and often problematic heritage of expressions of personal, communal and religious lLoveReligious aspectsChristianityLiebeswdTheologieswdLoveReligious aspectsChristianity.Liebe.Theologie.241.4Jeanrond Werner G.1955-1516813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785353503321A theology of love3753507UNINA