The Metamorphosis of Love: Body, Word and Free Will in on the Song of Songs by Bernard of Clairvaux

by Pablo Irizar

What is love, what kinds of love are there, how do these relate, and how does the Christian tradition articulate the problem of love in view of the triangulation of self, neighbour and God? In short, what is the relationship between human love (eros) and divine love (agape)? This is the problem of love at the heart of the Chrisitan tradition in which God is love (1 Jn 4.8). A historical overview shows that four models have addressed the problem of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3770567501
• ISBN13: 9783770567508
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Brill U Fink
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.