Selfless love and human flourishing in Paul Tillich and Iris Murdoch /
In an age of self-affirmation and self-assertion, 'selfless love' often appears as a threat to the lover's personal well-being. Such a perception jars with the Biblical promise that we gain our life through losing it. It therefore calls for a theological response. In conversation with...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Oxford theology and religion monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In an age of self-affirmation and self-assertion, 'selfless love' often appears as a threat to the lover's personal well-being. Such a perception jars with the Biblical promise that we gain our life through losing it. It therefore calls for a theological response. In conversation with the Protestant theologian Paul Tillich and the atheistic moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, this book enquires into the anthropological grounds on which selfless love can be said to build up the lover's self. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191820502 0191820504 |