- 224 pages
- English
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Friendship: Interpreting Christian Love
About this book
The love of friendship has, at the least, established its place as a necessary model of love in Christian tradition. This study shows the deep roots it has in Christian thought, among both ancient and modern writers, and is intended to facilitate further reflection on and exploration of its creative potential now and for the future.
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Yes, you can access Friendship: Interpreting Christian Love by Liz Carmichael in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements and Abbreviations
- Prologue and Introduction
- Chapter 1: From classical friendship to New Testament love: The good person is a friend
- Chapter 2: Ambrose, Cassian and Augustine: Caritas 'is the great and true virtue'
- Chapter 3: Monastic friendship and Aelred of Rievaulx: 'Shall I say - "God is Friendship"?'
- Chapter 4: Thomas Aquinas: 'Caritas is friendship with God'
- Chapter 5: Catholics, Anglicans, Reformers and Philosophers: 'Christian charity is friendship to all the world'
- Chapter 6: God's friendship, ancient and so new: Friendship, mirror and icon of the Trinity
- Chapter 7: Conclusion: living friendship
- Select Bibliography
- Notes
- Indices