Klappentext Religious believers understand the meaning of their lives and of the world in terms of the way these are related to God. How does this model of love apply to this relationship? Brummer shows that most views on love take it to be an attitude rather than a relationship--exclusive attention! ecstatic union! passionate suffering! etc.--and examines the implications of using the model as a key paradigm. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Choosing a Model; 1. Models and Metaphors; Part 2: Romantic Love; 2. Exclusive Attention; 3. Ecstatic Union; 4. Passionate Suffering; Part 3: Neighbourly Love; 5. Need-love; 6. Gift-love; Part 4: Love as a Relationship; 7. Relationships; 8. Breaking and Restoring Relationships; 9. The Attitudes of Love.

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Part 1: Choosing a Model; 1. Models and Metaphors; Part 2: Romantic Love; 2. Exclusive Attention; 3. Ecstatic Union; 4. Passionate Suffering; Part 3: Neighbourly Love; 5. Need-love; 6. Gift-love; Part 4: Love as a Relationship; 7. Relationships; 8. Breaking and Restoring Relationships; 9. The Attitudes of Love.