Love Disconsoled

Explores theological, philosophical and literary accounts of love, one of the fundamental concepts of ethics.

List of contents

List of figures; Preface; 1. Biblical keys to love; 2. Back to the garden or into the night; 3. The five loves; 4. Love, abomination and liberation; 5. The disconsolation of love; 6. Is Isaac our neighbour?; 7. Love on the cross; Bibliography; Indices.

Summary

Few concepts are more central to ethics than love, but none is more subject to varying interpretation. This 1999 book explores several theological, philosophical and literary accounts of love. Throughout, Timothy Jackson defends the moral priority of a distinctive type of love ('agape'), and argues for a realistic ethic of love.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy P. Jackson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521554930
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55493-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN RELIGION
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works