Essays on Agape

Introduction

Love is an integral aspect of human nature because it defines human nature and reflects the state of humans among other creatures and creators. Diverse theologians and philosophers have studied love and have come up with different views, which have become the cornerstone of the modern religions, particularly the Christianity. Among Christians, it is common knowledge that there are different types of love. There is love between humans and God and there is love between humans and humans. Philosophers and theologians who regard love as being directional classify love as being love from God to humans, love from humans ...

Cоurse

Dаte Love Speaking about love, people usually mean love between a man and a woman. However, there are a lot of other, not less important, situations of love: love of children or parents, love for one’s job or one’s country. But the love between a man and a woman can be very different as well: amorousness and mature love, love-passion and love-habit, consumer’s kinds of love or a giving love. In psychology, love usually is described as a feeling that can grow. Appeal to someone can lead to amorousness; the latter one can lead to ...

Chapter One: Down is Up

- The chapter starts with John the Baptist’s and Mary’s prophecies about the coming of the new order, the kingdom of God. This new order, the upside-down kingdom, would bring a radical shift of social patterns in which social pyramid is about to turn the other way around. - Jesus describes the kingdom of God and other kingdoms of this world as two inverted ladders. - In Bible God’s kingdom is described as a collectivity, it is not an aggregate of individuals, but the network of people who fully dedicate themselves to the reign of ...