Love, Human and Divine The Heart of Christian Ethics

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1 Christian Life i DISTINCTIVE!. Y CHRISTIAN LIFE I EMOTIONS AND VALUES 5 THE STRUCTURE OF EMOTION 11 CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVE VALUES 16 EXISTENTIAL PARTICIPATION 21 CONCLUSION 27 NOTES 28 Nature of Love 34 COMMON MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF LOVE 35 ACTIVE READINESS 41 INTENTIONAL MOVEMENT 42 AFFECTIVE PERCEPTION OF HIGHER VALUE 44 RECEPTION OF GOODNESS 49 AFFIRMING RESPONSE 54 LOVE AND FREEDOM 61 CONCLUSION 66 NOTES 66 Participative Love 74 INTRA-INDIVIDUAL 74 INTERPERSONAL LOVE 77 GROUP PARTICIPATION SO CHRISTIAN GOD 87 CONCLUSION 106 NOTES 106 Love of God as Foundation of Moral Life 116 GOD LOVES US 117 WE LOVE GOD 126 COOPERA TIVE FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD 133 THE UNITY OF THE TWO COMMANDMENTS 141 CONCLUSION 149 NOTES 150 Agape 157 DISTINGUISHING FEA TURE OF LOVES NYGREN ON AGAPE 158 AGAPE AS AN EMOTION 160 GOOD OF THE BELOVED 162 SELFLESS LOVE 179 OBJECTS OF AGAPE 188 CONCLUSION 191 NOTES 191 Self-relating Actions 198 SOME SCRIPTURAL TEXTS 200 CONDEMNATION OF PURE AGAPE FOR GOD EVALUA TIONS OF SELF-LOVE 205 SELF-RELA TED ACTIONS 208 EGOISM 215 ESSENTIAL INVOL VEMENT OF THE SELF 223 GOD`S UNSELFLESS LOVE 228 INSUFFICIENCY OF PUREL Y SELFLESS AGAPE CONCLUSION 233 NOTES 233 Self-love 239 AGAPE FOR SELF 240 AQUINAS ON EROS 244 EROS 247 THEOLOGY OF SELF-LOVE 258 oFOR THE SAKE OF"-SELF, NEIGHBOR, GOD CONCLUSION 273 NOTES 273 PHIL1A IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION 281 DISTINGUISHED BY MUTUALITY 284 PHILIA POSSESSES LOVE`S CHARACTERISTICS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS? 304 THE THREE LOVES IN HUMAN LIFE 308 CONCLUSION 312 NOTES 312 Friendship with God 319 TRADITION ON PHILIA WITH GOD 319 THE SUPERNA TURAL REVISITED 320 DOCTRINAL IMPLICATIONS 322 A SIMPLE SUMMARY 325 CONCLUSION 328 NOTES 328