Brilliance and Blindspots: New Light on C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves
This paper is a critical re-evaluation of C.S. Lewis’s classic study of Christian love, The Four Loves (1960) that celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020. After discussing important and neglected differences between the celebrated book and the largely forgotten radio talks which predate it, the pap...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 63, Issue: 6, Pages: 1109-1123 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | This paper is a critical re-evaluation of C.S. Lewis’s classic study of Christian love, The Four Loves (1960) that celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020. After discussing important and neglected differences between the celebrated book and the largely forgotten radio talks which predate it, the paper asks and answers three important questions: Are there really four loves? What is the definition of love itself? What exactly is Charity? Lewis’s answers to these questions are more eclectic than is generally assumed. The paper offers an appreciative rereading of The Four Loves that seeks to correct or at least challenge a number of longstanding misunderstandings about Lewis’s taxonomy of love. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.14146 |