Theocentric Agape and the Self: An Asymmetrical Affirmation in Response to Colin Grant's Either/Or
Colin Grant ranges widely in his attempt to retrieve Anders Nygren's depiction of agape, but the claims I examine here are that (1) agape is distinctive, (2) we should offer a theocentric account of it, (3) Nygren's altruism should be endorsed, and (4) secular defenses of impartiality are...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1996
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1996, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-42 |
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Summary: | Colin Grant ranges widely in his attempt to retrieve Anders Nygren's depiction of agape, but the claims I examine here are that (1) agape is distinctive, (2) we should offer a theocentric account of it, (3) Nygren's altruism should be endorsed, and (4) secular defenses of impartiality are not other-regarding enough. I accept (1) and (2), reject (3), and deny that (4) is our only alternative to (3). Neighbor-love and self-love are like and unlike each other, and the unlikenesses are of more than one kind. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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