Self Love and Christian Ethics
| Author | : Darlene Fozard Weaver |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2002-10-17 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521520973 |
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Self Love And Christian Ethics
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Love, Human and Divine
| Author | : Edward Collins Vacek |
| Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 1994-04-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781589013629 |
Although the two great commandments to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves are central to Christianity, few theologians or spiritual writers have undertaken an extensive account of the meaning and forms of these loves. Most accounts, in fact, make love of God and love of self either impossible or immoral. Integrating these two commandments, Edward Vacek, SJ, develops an original account of love as the theological foundation for Christian ethics. Vacek criticizes common understandings of agape, eros, and philia, examining the arguments of Aquinas, Nygren, Outka, Rahner, Scheler, and other theologians and philosophers. He defines love as an emotional, affirmative participation in the beloved's real and ideal goodness, and he extends this definition to the love between God and self. Vacek proposes that the heart of Christian moral life is loving cooperation with God in a mutually perfecting friendship.
Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love
| Author | : John Lippitt |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2013-04-25 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 110706791X |
The problem of whether we should love ourselves - and if so how - has particular resonance within Christian thought and is an important yet underinvestigated theme in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard. In Works of Love, Kierkegaard argues that the friendships and romantic relationships which we typically treasure most are often merely disguised forms of 'selfish' self-love. Yet in this nuanced and subtle account, John Lippitt shows that Kierkegaard also provides valuable resources for responding to the challenge of how we can love ourselves, as well as others. Lippitt relates what it means to love oneself properly to such topics as love of God and neighbour, friendship, romantic love, self-denial and self-sacrifice, trust, hope and forgiveness. The book engages in detail with Works of Love, related Kierkegaard texts and important recent studies, and also addresses a wealth of wider literature in ethics, moral psychology and philosophy of religion.
Love and Christian Ethics
| Author | : Frederick V. Simmons |
| Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1626163677 |
At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one's neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in vigorous debates about appropriate interpretations and implications of this critical norm. In Love and Christian Ethics, nearly two dozen leading experts analyze and assess the meaning of love from a wide range of perspectives. Chapters are organized into three areas: influential sources and exponents of Western Christian thought about the ethical significance of love, perennial theoretical questions attending that consideration, and the implications of Christian love for important social realities. Contributors bring a richness of thought and experience to deliver unprecedentedly broad and rigorous analysis of this central tenet of Christian ethics and faith. William Werpehowski provides an afterword on future trajectories for this research. Love and Christian Ethics is sure to become a benchmark resource in the field.
Self Love and Christian Ethics
| Author | : Darlene Fozard Weaver |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2002-10-17 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0521817811 |
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Works of Love
| Author | : Soren Kierkegaard |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1962 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0061301221 |
"One of Soren Kierkegaard's most important writings, Works of Love is a profound examination of the human heart, in which the great philosopher conducts the reader into the inmost secrets of Love. "Deep within every man," Kierkegaard writes, "there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the household of millions upon millions." Love, for Kierkegaard, is one of the central aspects of existence; it saves us from isolation and unites us with one another and with God. This new edition of Works of Love features an original foreword by Kierkegaard scholar George Pattison."
Self-Love, Egoism and the Selfish Hypothesis
| Author | : Christian Maurer |
| Publisher | : EUP |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2020-11-30 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9781474477970 |
Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into early-Enlightenment debates on self-love from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Archibald Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.
An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
| Author | : Reinhold Niebuhr |
| Publisher | : Presbyterian Publishing Corp |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2021-11-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1646982231 |
Reinhold Niebuhr's An Interpretation of Christian Ethics is both an introduction to the discipline and a presentation of the author’s distinctive approach. That approach focuses on a realistic (rather than moralistic) understanding of the challenges facing human individuals and institutions, and a call for justice—imperfect though it might be—as what love looks like in a fallen world. The book’s most distinctive aspect is the author’s insistence that perfect love and justice are unattainable in this world, yet they remain our most important goals.
Just Love
| Author | : Margaret Farley |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2008-02-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 144114420X |
Winner of the 2008 Grawemeyer Award in Religion This long-awaited book by one of American Christianity's foremost ethicists proposes a framework for sexual ethics whereby justice is the criterion for all loving, including love that is related to sexual activity and relationships. It begins with historical and cross-cultural explorations, then addresses the large questions of embodiment, gender, and sexuality, and finally delineates the justice framework for sexual ethics. Though Just Love's particular focus is Christian sexual ethics, Farley's framework is broad enough to have relevance for multiple traditions. Also covered are specific issues in sexual ethics, including same-sex relationships, marriage and family, divorce and second marriage.
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
| Author | : Laura Smit |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2005-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 080102997X |
This well-researched and accessible book explores the experience of unrequited love in light of the biblical witness to God's love for humanity.
