Love

By Diogenes Allen

Book Overview

Love is often seen as overwhelming yet fleeting romantic passion between a woman and a man. Diogenes Allen leads us to understand our love for families, for friends, and for God with an equivalent fascination and intensity. Christianity recognizes that every person carries an inalienable value simply by existing. Love recognizes this value in other people and allows loved ones to exist freely in their own way. Partners in romantic love, even though they are hopelessly dependent on one another, must struggle to support the other's independence. As we struggle to realize our own dependence on others, meanwhile recognizing their inherent worth without us, our loves--human and devine--find new depth and passion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556351321
• ISBN13: 9781556351327
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Deep, Excellent, Worth the Read

This is not your typical book on "love". So approach without any preconcieved ideas, and with a willingness to be challenged. Especially poignant is the section on Christian friendship. But really, all of it is quite good.