The heart of religion : spiritual empowerment, benevolence, and the experience of God's love
Lee, Matthew TAuthor
Poloma, Margaret MContributor
Post, Stephen GarrardContributor
New York : Oxford University Press,
c2013.
Drawing on a random survey of 1,200 men and women across the United States, this book sheds new light on how Americans wake up to the reality of divine love and how that transformative experience expresses itself in concrete acts of benevolence.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Drawing on a random survey of 1,200 men and women across the United States, this book sheds new light on how Americans wake up to the reality of divine love and how that transformative experience expresses itself in concrete acts of benevolence.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why should we care about Godly love? -- Diversities in the experience and expression of Godly love -- Introducing the exemplars of Godly love -- Partnering with the divine: spiritual transformation and Godly love -- Breath of prayer: energizing Godly love -- Cup of suffering and joy: divine love and healing -- Human partners and Godly love: relationships forming fluid networks -- Benevolence in the eyes of the beholder: effects of social filters -- Cultural grids and Biblical holes.
Love
Generosity
Charity
Benevolence
Religion
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Christianity