Love By Any Definition
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A Systematic Theology of Love
This is the first book ever written with the title A Systematic Theology of Love. That this book is the first should puzzle those who consider love central, if not primary, to God. And yet systematic theologians typically orient their theologies around other concerns, such as divine sovereignty, freedom, scripture, trinity, or mystery, Thomas Jay Oord not only puts love first, he also offers an experience-informed and rationally-coherent theology. He argues that the universal Spirit always loves creation in uncontrolling and others-empowering ways. This progressive proposal draws heavily from the main themes of Christian scripture. It's also attuned to other religious traditions, science, racial and gender matters, ethical concerns, philosophy, suffering, and more. This Systematic Theology of Love operates from a particular version of open and relational theology that Thomas Jay Oord invented. That version prioritizes love, replaces omnipotence with amipotence, opposes divine timelessness and embraces a living deity, says God is relational rather than unaffected, rejects creatio ex nihilo but claims God is the ever creator, promotes pluriform love, and much more. To write the first book with the title A Systematic Theology of Love, Oord breaks so much new theological ground. He must in order to overturn the many bad ideas advanced by other systematic theologies. All the while, the logic and experience of love orients his vision. It's a breath-taking proposal! Get this ground-breaking book from Thomas Jay Oord.
Defining Love
Engages cutting-edge scientific research on love and altruism to offer a definition of love that is scientifically, theologically, and philosophically adequate.
Love
Author: Anthony Walsh
language: en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date: 2016-06-30
Love is a little word with a universe of meanings and has engaged people’s interest throughout human history. The need to give and receive love lies deep within human nature. Philosophers, poets, theologians, sociologists, and scientists have all attempted to explain its exact origin, but is it an evolutionary adaptation, or a social construct? Walsh discusses that the nature of and need for love has biological origins. He draws upon Darwin’s sexual selection theory to define the perceptions of love by infants through the process of experience-dependent brain wiring. He observes that mother love makes a child capable of loving and that father love makes a child feel worthy of love. He appraises the origin and purpose of romantic love in his discussions on sexual reproduction by looking at chemical and neurological responses to love and the influence of love on one’s physical and mental health. With frequent quotes from literary masters like Shakespeare to orient one’s scientific and humanistic understanding of love, Walsh goes on to explore various styles of romantic love, including monogamy, promiscuity, bartering love, and betrayed love; the effects of a skewed sex ratio on dating and mating practices; and the age-old quest for a perfect society populated by perfect people obeying the biblical command to “love one another.”