Research on altruism & love
Subtitle: an annotated bibliography of major studies in psychology, sociology, evolutionary biology, and theology
By: edited by Stephen G. Post ... [et al.]
Contributors: Post, Stephen Garrard, 1951-
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Love -- Bibliography; Altruism -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography
Other titles: Research on altruism and love; Altruism & love
Description: "Research on Altruism and Love is a compendium of annotated bibliographies reviewing literature and research studies on the nature of love. Organized into four listings, each represents a distinct area of study in this emerging academic discipline. A section on religious love and its interaction with science presents both classical and contemporary literature related to the science-and-love issues or supporting literature from the perspective of religion. Listings on personality and altruism provide a broad overview of the literature concerning characteristics associated with altruism, such as personality, gender, and socio-demographics. An area on evolutionary biology presents the most significant works on altruism and love in the field of evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology. Finally, a section on the sociology of volunteer behavior focuses on the connections between helping behavior and religious organizations, including general voluntary associations. Profiles of lives ennobled by purpose further illustrate how and why people express unselfish love. Their examples offer hope for a future in which the positive side of human behavior is expressed, steering us away from bitterness, hatred, and violence. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Research on other-regarding virtues: 1998-2002 /  Giacomo Bono and Michael E. McCullough; title: Social science research on altruism, spirituality, and unlimited love / Byron Johnson, Lia Fantuzzo, and Marc Siegel; title: Introduction: altruism from an evolutionary perspective / David Sloan Wilson and Kevin M. Kniffen; title: Abridged annotated bibliography from an evolutionary perspective / Kevin M. Kniffen, David Sloan Wilson, and Jeffrey P. Schloss; title: Religious love at the interface with science / Thomas Jay Ord; title: Profiles in unlimited love: lives ennobled by purpose / Emma Y. Post