| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 243 pages : illustrations). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion, culture, and public life
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Religion, culture, and public life.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Human alert : concepts and practices of love and forgiveness / Hent de Vries and Nils F. Schott -- Orange alert / Haleh Liza Gafori -- What love knows ; Unpower : an interview with Hugues Choplin / Jean-Luc Marion -- Revenge, forgiveness, and love / Regina M. Schwartz -- Love and law : some thoughts on Judaism and Calvinism / Leora Batnitzky -- "A mother to all" : love and the institution of community in Augustine / Nils F. Schott -- Looking evil in the eye/I : the interminable work of forgiveness / Orna Ophir -- Beyond right and wrong : an exploration of justice and forgiveness / Albert Mason -- Remarks on love ; To forgive : the unforgivable and the imprescriptible / Jacques Derrida -- Thoughts on love / Sari Nusseibeh -- The passionate utterance of love / Hent de Vries. |
| Summary |
One can love and not forgive, or out of love decide not to forgive. Or one can forgive but not love, or choose to forgive but not love the ones forgiven. Love and forgiveness follow parallel and largely independent paths, a truth we fail to acknowledge when we pressure others to both love and forgive. Though it is hard to imagine a peaceful world without love and forgiveness, individuals in conflict, sparring social and ethnic groups, warring religious communities, and insecure nations often do not need to pursue love and forgiveness to achieve peace of mind and heart. They need to remain atte. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Love -- Philosophy.
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Love -- Philosophy. |
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Forgiveness.
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Forgiveness. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vries, Hent de, editor.
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Schott, Nils F., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Love and forgiveness for a more just world. New York : Columbia University Press, 2015 9780231170222 (DLC) 2015007309 (OCoLC)907948279 |
| ISBN |
9780231540124 electronic book |
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0231540124 electronic book |
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9780231170222 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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