The Ways and Power of Love: Types, Factors, and Techniques of Moral Transformation
Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968) was a controversial figure in twentieth-century sociology, and a pioneer in the scientific study of unlimited love. He served as the founding chairman of the sociology department of Harvard University. He was interested in discovering more about how love for others is related to felt participation in a Presence that is higher than our own and that serves as a source of unlimited love across all divisions of religious, political, and ethnic loyalties.Stephen G. Post is professor of biomedical ethics at Case Western Reserve University and is president of the newly formed Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. He is ethics editor for the Journal of Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. His most recent book is The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease.