Love: A Brief History Through Western Christianity (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion) by Carter Lindberg
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Overview: 3,000 years of ideas about the nature of love in Western cultureare brought together in this concise history. By blending the worksof many scholars and examining the significant lives, works, andmovements associated with love, Love: A Brief History ThroughWestern Christianity traces the evolution and impact of thistimeless topic.
Takes the reader on a lightning but enlightening journeythrough 3,000 years of the idea of love
Examines the influential movements, people, and work that havehelped shape our notion of love in Western culture, written by akey figure in religious history
Tackles the historical and religious concept in Westernsociety, and our efforts to apply ideas of love to socialconcerns
Explores diverse periods and examples – from thetheological and philosophical texts of figures such as Augustine, Luther, and Feuerbach to intellectual movements like Romanticismand tragic historic figures such as Abelard and Heloise
Contributes valuable insights into one of history’s mostinexhaustible and timeless topics, spanning biblical views of loveincluding monasticism and pietism, romantic notions of love, through to today’s liberal religion and concept of love asself-fulfillment.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy > Love
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