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Love as common ground : essays on love in religion / edited by Paul S. Fiddes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Love--Religious aspects.
- Love.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Love as Common Ground
- Editor's Note
- Notes
- Chapter 1: God Is Love, But Is Love God?: Towards a Theology of Love as Knowledge
- All You Need Is Love?
- The Analogy of Love
- A Disanalogy of Love?
- The Analogy of Knowledge
- Is Love God?
- Love as Knowing and the Trinity
- Love and Practical Knowledge
- Bibliography
- Part I: Love in Islam
- Chapter 2: Love in the Holy Qur'an
- Divine Love
- Human Love
- The Nature of Love
- Beauty and the Beloved
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: The Journey of Love and the Challenges of the 'Self': Rūmī's View in Islamic Context
- The Divine Source of Love
- The Movement from Impure Love to Eternal Love
- Love and the Stages of the Self
- The Journeys of Love and Self-realization
- Chapter 4: Bridal Symbolism, Eroticization of Divine Love, and Friendship amongst Medieval Female Mystics in Islam and Christianity
- The Feminine in the Mystical Traditions of Islam and Christianity
- Sufi Women's Tawhid (Oneness) of Love
- The Sanctity of Bridal Mysticism and Erotic Imagery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 7: Tensions within the Study of Love in Religion: Reflections Arising from Conversation between Jewish and Christian Scholars
- Divine Love as a Model for Human Love?
- Human and Divine Agency
- Trinitarian Relationality as a Model for Human Relationality?
- Welcoming the Divine Other, Welcoming the Human Other
- Part III: Love in Christianity
- Chapter 8: Transfiguring Love in Byzantine Theology: The System of St. Maximus the Confessor
- Byzantine Love in Modern Context
- Love as a Human Practice: Four Antinomies of Love
- Transfiguring Love: the Dimension of Knowing
- Love and Personhood
- Love and Historicity
- Chapter 9: 'Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth': Erotic Love in the Western Christian Mystical Tradition
- Introduction
- 'Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth'
- 'Enter with your whole being through the door of his side'
- 'Amor ipse intellectus est': 'love itself is knowledge'
- Conclusion: Narcissus Revisited
- Chapter 10: Sacrifice and the Self: A Christian Mystery of Love
- Defining Self-Sacrifice
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Love as common ground
- ISBN:
- 9781793647818
- 179364781X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030749228
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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