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Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions
- Published by ABC-CLIO
What do the world's major faiths teach us about the many forms of love -- divine and human, spiritual and sexual, romantic and altruistic? To assume those precepts to always be stern, simplistic, and strictly focused on the divine is to miss out on one of the richest sources of interpretation of the most complex of human emotions.
Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive portrait of love in the context of the classic and contemporary literature of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, as well as other cultures and philosophies. Like no volume published to date, it reveals the full richness of religious teachings on love in all its many forms, exploring an extensive range of topics that offer philosophical, psychological, and religious perspectives to guide the quest for the meaning of love.
Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions features approximately 300 subject entries, as well as insightful biographic sketches of preeminent thinkers, all written by a multidisciplinary team of some of the foremost scholars on the subject. Entries examine both general and culture-specific interpretations of love: not just the dichotomy of spiritual and physical love, but the full emotional spectrum of love in relationships and practices. Collectively, they encompass love's integral -- and sometimes conflicting -- role in shaping beliefs and behavior in a vastly diverse world.
- Published/Released: June 2010
- Original Copyright: 2007
- ISBN 13: 9781851099818
- ISBN 10: 1851099816
- Product number: 257505
- Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)
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