The ultimate aim for many of the world’s major faith traditions is to love and be loved by God—to live in connection with the Divine, in union with the Beloved, in reconciliation with the Ultimate. Religious scholars Jeff Levin and Stephen G. Post have termed this connection “divine love.” In their new collection of the same name, they have invited eight of the world’s preeminent religious scholars to share their perspectives on the what, how, and why of divine love.
The ultimate aim for many of the world’s major faith traditions is to love and be loved by God—to live in connection with the Divine, in union with the Beloved, in reconciliation with the Ultimate. Religious scholars Jeff Levin and Stephen G. Post have termed this connection “divine love.” In their new collection of the same name, they have invited eight of the world’s preeminent religious scholars to share their perspectives on the what, how, and why of divine love.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr. Jeff Levin is a university professor of epidemiology and population health, professor of medical humanities, and director of the religion and population health program at Baylor University. He has written over one hundred and fifty scholarly publications on religion's instrumental functions for health and well-being, including the book God, Faith, and Health. Dr. Stephen G. Post is a professor of preventive medicine and director of the center for medical humanities, compassionate care, and bioethics at Stony Brook University, and president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love (www.unlimitedloveinstitute.com). He is the author or editor of over twenty books, including the bestselling Why Good Things Happen to Good People.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword / ix Seyyed Hossein Nasr Acknowledgments / xiii Introduction: Divine Love in the World’s Religious Traditions / 3 Jeff Levin 1: “If God Did Not Love Me, God Would Not Have Made Me!”: Exploring Divine Love in African Religion / 23 John S. Mbiti 2: “In the Beginning, Love Entered That One”: Divine Love from a Perspective Informed by Vedic Hindu Thought / 56 William K. Mahony 3: Divine Love in Classical Judaism / 80 Jacob Neusner 4: Wisdom into Compassion: Buddhism in Practice / 108 Ruben L. F. Habito 5: God as Infinite Love: A Roman Catholic Perspective / 131 David Tracy 6: Divine and Human Love in Islam / 163 William C. Chittick 7: The Humanity of Divine Love: The Divinity of Human Love / 201 Vigen Guroian 8: I Love, Therefore I Am: A Relational and Charismatic Model of Love / 219 Clark H. Pinnock Conclusion: Divine Love and Human Dignity / 237 Stephen G. Post Contributors / 255 Index / 261
Foreword / ix Seyyed Hossein Nasr Acknowledgments / xiii Introduction: Divine Love in the World’s Religious Traditions / 3 Jeff Levin 1: “If God Did Not Love Me, God Would Not Have Made Me!”: Exploring Divine Love in African Religion / 23 John S. Mbiti 2: “In the Beginning, Love Entered That One”: Divine Love from a Perspective Informed by Vedic Hindu Thought / 56 William K. Mahony 3: Divine Love in Classical Judaism / 80 Jacob Neusner 4: Wisdom into Compassion: Buddhism in Practice / 108 Ruben L. F. Habito 5: God as Infinite Love: A Roman Catholic Perspective / 131 David Tracy 6: Divine and Human Love in Islam / 163 William C. Chittick 7: The Humanity of Divine Love: The Divinity of Human Love / 201 Vigen Guroian 8: I Love, Therefore I Am: A Relational and Charismatic Model of Love / 219 Clark H. Pinnock Conclusion: Divine Love and Human Dignity / 237 Stephen G. Post Contributors / 255 Index / 261
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