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

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 o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2012
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
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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