Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, Stephen G. Post

The Heart of Religion (eBook, PDF)

Spiritual Empowerment, Benevolence, and the Experience of God's Love

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on an extensive survey of 1,200 Christian men and women across the United States, as well as 120 in-depth interviews, Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, and Stephen G. Post offer a deeper and more nuanced study of religion and benevolence, finding that it is the experience of God as loving that activates religious networks and moves people to do good for others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199931897
• Artikelnr.: 38161201

Autorenporträt

ML: Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Akron; MP: Research Professor of Sociology, University of Akron, SP: Professor of Preventive Medicine, Head of the Division of Medicine in Society, Stony Brook University

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* List of Tables and Figures
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: Why Should We Care about Godly Love?
* Chapter 2: Diversities in the Experience and Expression of Godly Love
* Chapter 3: Introducing the Exemplars of Godly Love
* Chapter 4: Partnering with the Divine: Spiritual Transformation and
Godly Love
* Chapter 5: The Breath of Prayer: Energizing Godly Love
* Chapter 6: The Cup of Suffering and Joy: Divine Love and Healing
* Chapter 7: Human Partners and Godly Love: Relationships Forming Fluid
Networks
* Chapter 8: Benevolence in the Eyes of the Beholder: Effects of Social
Filters
* Conclusion: Cultural Grids and Biblical Holes
* Notes
* Index