The Science and Theology of Godly Love / / ed. by Matthew T. Lee, Amos Yong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Paul,; Althouse, Peter,; Cartledge, Mark,; Exline, Julie,; Hood, Ralph W.,; Mcclymond, Michael,; Oord, Thomas,; Poloma, Margaret,; Post, Stephen,; Walsh, Arlene,; Yong, Amos,
• HerausgeberIn: Lee, Matthew T.,; Yong, Amos,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)

Arguing that there are ways to move beyond the limitations of methodological atheism without compromising scientific objectivity, the essays gathered in The Science and Theology of Godly Love explore the potential for collaboration between social science and theology. They do so within the context of the interdisciplinary study of Godly Love, which examines the perceived experience of loving God, being loved by God, and thereby being motivated to engage in selfless service to others. This volume serves as an introduction to and a call for further research in this new field of study, offering ten methodological perspectives on the study of Godly Love written by leading social scientists and theologians.Drawing on the work of Douglas Porpora and others, the contributors contend that agnosticism is the appropriate methodological stance when religious experience is under the microscope. Godly Love does not force a theistic explanation on data, instead these essays show that it sensitizes researchers so that they can take seriously the faith and beliefs of those they study without the assumption that these theologies represent an incontestable truth.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I-THEOLOGY AND GODLY LOVE -- One Godly Love Why We Cannot Endure without It -- Two Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Mutuality An Exploration into the Thought of Jonathan Edwards and the Theme of Godly Love -- Three Imago Dei and Kenosis Contributions of Christology to the Study of Godly Love -- four Violence and Nonviolence in Conceptualizations of Godly Love -- five Testing Creaturely Love and God's Causal Role -- PART II-SOCIAL SCIENCE AND GODLY LOVE -- Six Methodological Agnosticism for the Social Sciences? Lessons from Sorokin's and James's Allusions to Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and Godly Love -- Sven Godly Love from the Perspective of Psychology -- Ei8ht Sociology, Philosophy, and the Empirical Study of Godly Love -- Nine Socialization, Empirical Studies, and Godly Love A Case Study in Survey Research -- Ten Toward a Grounded Theory of Godly Love Latina/a Pentecostals -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index