The Challenge of Self-Giving Love
Conventional wisdom sometimes holds that selfishness pays off and is even necessary for survival in a competitive world. Joseph Bracken here challenges that view, arguing instead that self-giving love for others is the mainspring of human life and even of the cosmic process as a whole. Basing his ar...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2013
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Theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 856-871 |
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Summary: | Conventional wisdom sometimes holds that selfishness pays off and is even necessary for survival in a competitive world. Joseph Bracken here challenges that view, arguing instead that self-giving love for others is the mainspring of human life and even of the cosmic process as a whole. Basing his argument on texts from Scripture, church tradition, and philosophical reflection on the nature of I-Thou relations, he concludes that the goal of self-transcendence is paradoxically located not in the self but in the well-being of the other. |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004056391307400406 |