Divine Love

by Levin, Jeffrey S.

• ISBN13: 9781599472492
• ISBN10: 159947249X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Pr

Summary

The Ultimate Aim for many of the world's major faith traditions is to love and be loved by God-to live in connection with the Divine, in union with the Beloved, in reconciliation with the Ultimate. Religious scholars Jeff Levin and Stephen G. Post have termed this connection "divine love." In their new collection of the same name, they have invited eight of the world's preeminent religious scholars to share their perspectives on the what, how, and why of divine love. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr. Jeff Levin is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, professor of Medical Humanities, and director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at Baylor University. He has over one hundred and fifty scholarly publications mostly on the instrumental functions of religion for health and well-being, including the book God, Faith, and Health. Dr. Stephen G. Post is professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. He is also president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which investigates both the theology and the social science of experiences of divine love.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Divine Love in the World's Religious Traditions	p. 3
"If God Did Not Love Me, God Would Not Have Made Me!": Exploring Divine Love in African Religion	p. 23
"In the Beginning, Love Entered That One": Divine Love from a Perspective Informed by Vedic Hindu Thought	p. 56
Divine Love in Classical Judaism	p. 80
Wisdom into Compassion: Buddhism in Practice	p. 108
God as Infinite Love: A Roman Catholic Perspective	p. 131
Divine and Human Love in Islam	p. 163
The Humanity of Divine Love: The Divinity of Human Love	p. 201
I Love, Therefore I Am: A Relational and Charismatic Model of Love	p. 219
Conclusion: Divine Love and Human Dignity	p. 237
Contributors	p. 255
Index	p. 261
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