Love, Human and Divine: The Heart of Christian Ethics (Moral Traditions)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0878406271 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 372 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Thomas J. Oord said A Contemporary Love Classic. Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; ("A Contemporary Love Classic" according to Thomas J. Oord. Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (A Contemporary Love Classic Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (A Contemporary Love Classic Thomas J. Oord Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (4) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God form a community; (A Contemporary Love Classic Thomas J. Oord Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (4) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we love God; (A Contemporary Love Classic Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (A Contemporary Love Classic Thomas J. Oord Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (4) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God form a community; (A Contemporary Love Classic Thomas J. Oord Although this text was written fairly recently, it is fast becoming a classic work on love, one which those who wrestle with theologies of love must take seriously. Vacek is a Roman Catholic, but his hypotheses and conclusions are not characteristic of most Catholic thought. The author is well-read and the topics covered are vast. "The central idea of this book is quite simple: (1) God loves us; (2) we love God; (3) we and God form a community; (4) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. ) we and God cooperate" (xv).Vacek's main contention is t. "A must read" according to Levi Checketts. Anyone interested in Christian love ethics should read this book. The author writes with conviction of heart and a clarity lacking in many other writers' works. Much more balanced and, dare I say true-to-life, than a book like Lewis' "The Four Loves.". Odd book A rather odd book. Most of the time the author is carrying out a conversation with just two authors Nygren and Outka as if these two authors represent the summit of all that has been said or written on this topic.Also I find the way the author classifies love to be very odd. He defines Eros as the love for the sake of Lover; Agape as the love for the sake of Beloved and Philia as the love for the sake of relationship.He gives no hint that many other authors do not understand various loves by this criter
Although the two great commandments to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves are central to Christianity, few theologians or spiritual writers have undertaken an extensive account of the meaning and forms of these loves. Integrating these two commandments, Edward Vacek, SJ, develops an original account of love as the theological foundation for Christian ethics.Vacek criticizes common understandings of agape, eros, and philia, examining the arguments of Aquinas, Nygren, Outka, Rahner, Scheler, and other theologians and philosophers. Vacek proposes that the heart of Christian moral life is loving cooperation with God in a mutually perfecting friendship.. Most accounts, in fact, make love of God and love of self either impossible or immoral. He defines love as an emotional, affirmative participation in the beloved's real and ideal goodness, and he extends this definition to the love between God and self
This book based on broad and critical research, should be a standard reference for years to come." . "Nothing in Christian ethics is more important than love
Edward Collins Vacek, SJ, is professor of moral theology at the Weston School of Theology.