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God and the problems of love / Kelly James Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Kelly James, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the problems of God, 2754-8724.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the problems of God, 2754-8724
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- God (Islam)--Love.
- God (Islam).
- God (Christianity)--Love.
- God (Christianity).
- God (Judaism)--Love.
- God (Judaism).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (66 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Religious believers are often commanded to love like God. On classical accounts, God seems a poor model for human beings: an immutable and impassable being seems incapable of the kind of episodic emotion (sympathy, empathy) that seems required for the best sorts of human love. Models more conducive to human love, on the other hand, are often rejected because they seem to limit God's power and glory. This Element looks first at God and then divine love within the Abrahamic traditions-Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It will then turn to love and the problem of hell, which is argued as primarily a problem for Christians. The author discusses the kind of love each tradition asks of humans and wonders, given recent work in the relevant cognitive and social sciences, if such love is even humanly possible. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- God and the Problems of Love
- Contents
- 1 GOD and Love
- Thinking and Speaking about Elephants
- The Abrahamic God
- Do Muslims, Jews, and Christians Believe in the Same God?
- Which God?
- God and Love
- 2 God and LOVE
- Love in the Abrahamic Traditions
- God Is Love
- Love and Immutability-Impassibility
- The Via Negativa
- Transcendence and Love
- Suffering Love
- 3 Love and Hell
- Hell
- Love
- Medieval Theories of Divine Goodness
- God's Goodness to the Saints
- God's Love for the Damned
- Retribution?
- Eleonore Stump's Theodicy of Hell
- Conclusion
- 4 Human Love
- Love Divine and Human
- The Abraham Traditions
- Empathy and Love
- Problems of Love Human
- Empathy and Justice
- Why Is It So Hard to Cultivate Empathy?
- Love and Hope
- References.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Nov 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781009269162
- 100926916X
- 9781009269179
- 1009269178
- 9781009269131
- 1009269135
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access. Unrestricted online access
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