Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics (Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics) - Image 1

£80.00

University of Notre Dame Press Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics (Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics)

Name: Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics (Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics)
Brand: University of Notre Dame Press
Price: 83.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Families & Parents

Price data last checked 58 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Last 33 days • 33 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 33 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £83 (21 days, 63.6%)

Price range: £80 - £83

Price levels: 2 different prices over 33 days

Description

Certain relationships are of profound importance for the moral life. Gilbert C. Meilaender explores some of the tensions which Christian experience discovers in one such relationship, the bond of friendship. These tensions help to explain why friendship was a more important topic in the life and thought of the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome than it has unusually been within Christendom. The bond of friendship (philia) involves special preference; Christian love (agape) is thought to be like the love of the heavenly Father who makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust. Philia requires that love be returned; agape is to be shown even the enemy, who does not love in return. Friendships sometimes fade away; Christians are enjoined to be faithful in love. These tensions have permeated our lives and helped to shape our world. We think politics a more important sphere than the private friendship bond. We seek fulfillment in and identify ourselves with our vocations ― by which we now mean, work for pay ― not our friendships. And in a world where politics and vocation are all-important, lasting friendships become more difficult to sustain. Friendship examines the tension between philia and agape and probes its significance for Christian thought and experience.

Product Specifications

Brand: University of Notre Dame Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0268009562
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Families & Parents
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 November 1981
Listed Since: 09 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

University of Notre Dame Press Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics (Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Politics in Friendship: A Theological Account

Body, Soul, and Bioethics

A Theology of Love

Love and Friendship in the Western Tradition: From Plato to Postmodernity (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)

Augustinian and Ecclesial Christian Ethics: On Loving Enemies

The Metaphysical Foundations of Love: Aquinas on Participation, Unity, and Union: 10 (Thomistic Ressourcement Series)

A Philosophical History of Love

Routledge - Conversation, Friendship and Transformation Book

Scripture, Tradition, and Reason in Christian Ethics: Normative Dimensions

Uncommon Friendships: An Amicable History of Modern Religious Thought

Friendship in Politics: Theorizing Amity in and between States

The Christian Message as Vision and Mission: Philosophical Considerations of its Significance

The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics

Christian Ethics: The Basics: The Basics

Power and the Church: Ecclesiology in an Age of Transition

Faith, Hope, Love, and Justice: The Theological Virtues Today

Friendship and Social Media: A Philosophical Exploration (Routledge Focus on Philosophy)

Christian Platonism of Simone Weil

Andreas Capellanus, Scholasticism, and the Courtly Tradition

Hannah Arendt and Theology (Philosophy and Theology)

Godly Love: Impediments and Possibilities

The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (Oxford Companions)

Retrieving Freedom: The Christian Appropriation of Classical Tradition (Catholic Ideas for a Secular World)

Rethinking Friendship – Hidden Solidarities Today