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- Author(s) Carter Lindberg
- SubtitleA Brief History Through Western Christianity
- Edition1
- Published28th March 2008
- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons (UK)
- ISBN9780631235996
A Brief History Through Western Christianity
3,000 years of ideas about the nature of love in Western cultureare brought together in this concise history. By blending the works
of many scholars and examining the significant lives, works, and
movements associated with love, Love: A Brief History Through
Western Christianity traces the evolution and impact of this
timeless topic.
-
- Takes the reader on a lightning but enlightening journey
through 3,000 years of the idea of love
- Examines the influential movements, people, and work that have
helped shape our notion of love in Western culture, written by a
key figure in religious history
- Tackles the historical and religious concept in Western
society, and our efforts to apply ideas of love to social
concerns
- Explores diverse periods and examples ? from the
theological and philosophical texts of figures such as Augustine,
Luther, and Feuerbach to intellectual movements like Romanticism
and tragic historic figures such as Abelard and Heloise
- Contributes valuable insights into one of history?s most
inexhaustible and timeless topics, spanning biblical views of love
including monasticism and pietism, romantic notions of love,
through to today?s liberal religion and concept of love as
self-fulfillment.
Love
- Author(s) Carter Lindberg
- SubtitleA Brief History Through Western Christianity
- Edition1
- Published28th March 2008
- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons (UK)
- ISBN9780631235996
A Brief History Through Western Christianity
3,000 years of ideas about the nature of love in Western cultureare brought together in this concise history. By blending the works
of many scholars and examining the significant lives, works, and
movements associated with love, Love: A Brief History Through
Western Christianity traces the evolution and impact of this
timeless topic.
-
- Takes the reader on a lightning but enlightening journey
through 3,000 years of the idea of love
- Examines the influential movements, people, and work that have
helped shape our notion of love in Western culture, written by a
key figure in religious history
- Tackles the historical and religious concept in Western
society, and our efforts to apply ideas of love to social
concerns
- Explores diverse periods and examples ? from the
theological and philosophical texts of figures such as Augustine,
Luther, and Feuerbach to intellectual movements like Romanticism
and tragic historic figures such as Abelard and Heloise
- Contributes valuable insights into one of history?s most
inexhaustible and timeless topics, spanning biblical views of love
including monasticism and pietism, romantic notions of love,
through to today?s liberal religion and concept of love as
self-fulfillment.
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