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Informationen zum Autor Matthew T. Lee is associate professor of sociology and conflict management fellow at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. Amos Yong is the J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology and the director of the PhD program in Renewal Studies at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Klappentext This book offers new theological and social scientific perspectives on impediments to the experience and expression of the Christian Great Commandment (to love God and love neighbor as self), as well as possible solutions for overcoming these barriers. Drawing on scholarship that has emerged from a unique interdisciplinary research project focused on this issue, Godly Love offers a fresh look at a perennial problem. Zusammenfassung This book offers new theological and social scientific perspectives on impediments to the experience and expression of the Christian Great Commandment (to love God and love neighbor as self)! as well as possible solutions for overcoming these barriers. Drawing on scholarship ... Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction: Godly Love - What It Is and Why There Is Not More of It Around? An Interdisciplinary Study by Amos YongChapter 1: Ambiguity in the Signs as an Antidote to Impediments of Godly Love among Primitive and Progressive Pentecostals by Ralph W. Hood, Jr. & W. Paul WilliamsonChapter 2: The Capital Vices as Obstacles to Godly Love by Craig A. BoydChapter 3: The Flame of Love as a Refining Fire: Gifts of Spiritual Struggle by Julie J. ExlineChapter 4: Limited and Unlimited: Two Sources of Love in Tension and Synergy by Stephen G. PostChapter 5: Restorative Justice, Godly Love, and Solutions to the Problem of Crime by Matthew T. LeeChapter 6: Deidelogizing Dominance: Power and Privilege as Impediments to Godly Love by Robert K. Welsh with Michelle OwakaChapter 7: Race and Gender Equality in a Classical Pentecostal Denomination: How Godly Love Flourished and Foundered by Kimberly Ervin Alexander & James P. BowersChapter 8: The Institutionalization of Religion: Impediment or Impetus for Godly Love by Michael WilkinsonChapter 9: Universal Processes as Natural Impediments to and Facilitators of Godly Love by Martin J. RiceChapter 10: Christian Mysticism-Help or Hindrance to Godly Love? A Case Study of Madame Guyon (1648-1717) by Michael J. McClymondContributorsIndex...
