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oapen-20.500.12657-503442021-08-13T02:46:20Z Love Grødum, Kari Hägg, Henny Fiskå Kaufman, John Tollefsen, Torstein Theodor Love, Nygren, Ancient philosophy, Early christian teology, bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPC History of Western philosophy::HPCA Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 "This anthology presents and discusses perceptions on the notion of love in ancient philosophy and early Christian theology. The notion of love is discussed firstly in two critical readings of Anders Nygren’s study Agape and Eros (1930-36). Nygren´s distinction of eros, on the one hand, as an egocentric, human love and agape, on the other hand, as Christian, theocentric and divine love, has long been received almost as a dogmatic truth and prevented a more nuanced understanding. The metaphysics and ethics of love are further discussed in relation to Platonic, Neoplatonic, biblical and early Christian – especially Eastern Christian – thinking. Related questions such as “Is all love essentially divine?”and “Is unselfish love possible?” and themes such as love as a unifying force, and ascetical love, are also discussed. The papers were first presented at an international research seminar, The Metochi Seminar, at the University of Agder´s study centre in Greece (the Metochi Study Centre), on the island of Lesvos." 2021-08-12T09:50:58Z 2021-08-12T09:50:58Z 2021 book 9788202726904 9788202726911 9788202726928 9788202726935 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50344 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International Love_PDF.pdf https://press.nordicopenaccess.no/index.php/noasp/catalog/book/133 Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 10.23865/noasp.133 10.23865/noasp.133 bf7b42a4-6892-42e3-aaf8-8f32c8470a8b 9788202726904 9788202726911 9788202726928 9788202726935 163 Oslo open access
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"This anthology presents and discusses perceptions on the notion of love in ancient philosophy and early Christian theology. The notion of love is discussed firstly in two critical readings of Anders Nygren’s study Agape and Eros (1930-36). Nygren´s distinction of eros, on the one hand, as an egocentric, human love and agape, on the other hand, as Christian, theocentric and divine love, has long been received almost as a dogmatic truth and prevented a more nuanced understanding. The metaphysics and ethics of love are further discussed in relation to Platonic, Neoplatonic, biblical and early Christian – especially Eastern Christian – thinking. Related questions such as “Is all love essentially divine?”and “Is unselfish love possible?” and themes such as love as a unifying force, and ascetical love, are also discussed.
The papers were first presented at an international research seminar, The Metochi Seminar, at the University of Agder´s study centre in Greece (the Metochi Study Centre), on the island of Lesvos."
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